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From Folklore to Conspiracy Beliefs: A Gramscian Approach to Conspiracy Theory Studies

Genealogy
This paper applies Antonio Gramsci’s theory of folklore—defined as the cultural expressions of subaltern groups reflecting their lived experiences of subalternity—to contemporary conspiracy beliefs, arguing that these beliefs function as a form of what ...
Maria Chiara Pozzoni, Giuseppe Quattromini   +1 more
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Zmowa nauki. Strach przed technologią we współczesnych amerykańskich teoriach spiskowych

Er(r)go, 2014
Michał Różycki Conspiracy of Science. Technophobia in Contemporary American Conspiracy Theories The goal of the paper is to outline the notion of the fear of technology and mistrust of the scientific establishment present in 21st century American ...
Michał Różycki
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Put money where their mouth is? Willingness to pay for online conspiracy theory content

Telematics and Informatics Reports
Many studies have examined why people believe in conspiracy theories, yet less is known about why people choose to consume conspiratorial content. This study addresses this gap by examining people's willingness to pay for online conspiracy theory content.
John W. Cheng, Masaru Nishikawa, Ikuma Ogura, Nicholas A.R. Fraser   +3 more
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Predicting Misinformation Beliefs Across Four Countries: The Role of Narcissism, Conspiracy Mentality, Social Trust, and Perceptions of Unsafe Neighborhoods

Journal of Social and Political Psychology
There are differing perspectives on the roles that social-perceptual and individual-difference factors play in explaining susceptibility to misinformation. With quota-representative samples from the U.S. (n = 492), the U.K.
Aleksander B. Gundersen, Sander van der Linden, Jan Piasecki, Rafał Ryguła, Karolina Noworyta, Jonas R. Kunst   +5 more
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What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality. [PDF]

Pers Individ Dif, 2021
Lazarević LB, Purić D, Teovanović P, Lukić P, Zupan Z, Knežević G.   +5 more
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Caught in the Loop: Basic Psychological Need Frustration and Conspiracy Mentality in Adolescence

Journal of Adolescence
ABSTRACT Introduction Conspiracy mentality has been associated with various detrimental societal outcomes. However, research on its predictors and consequences has been focused almost exclusively on adults. Guided by Self‐Determination Theory, this study examined reciprocal associations between
Anne-Sophie, Denault, Marie-Jeanne, Léonard, Nessa, Ghassemi-Bakhtiari, Frédérick L, Philippe   +3 more
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Trust in Scientists and Conspiracy Beliefs Predict Online Misinformation Susceptibility and Fake News Detection: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece

Journalism and Media
Online misinformation has grown significantly with the widespread use of the internet and the ease of sharing content through social media, often without rigorous fact-checking or scientific validation. In this context, we examined the effect of trust in
Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Ioannis Moisoglou, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Olga Galani, Maria Tsiachri, Petros Galanis   +5 more
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Serge Moscovici's "Réflexions sur la popularité des conspiracy mentalities"

, 2020
This is a pdf of the original typed manuscript of a lecture made in 2006. An annotated English translation will be published by the International Review of Social Psychology. I this text, Moscovici seeks to update his earlier work on the “conspiracy mentality” (1987) by considering the relationships between social representations and conspiracy ...
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Dispositional mindfulness, conspiracy mentality, and generic conspiracy beliefs: Preliminary empirical evidence of a mediational model

Personality and Individual Differences
An increasing amount of literature on dispositional mindfulness has focused on several positive outcomes, such as psychological well-being, stress reduction, improved quality of life, and reduced levels of stereotypes and prejudices. At the same time, recently, a large corpus of studies focused on antecedents and potential negative consequences of ...
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Stability of Network Models Linking Personality to Conspiracy Mentality Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]

Eur J Psychol
Stasielowicz L.
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