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The relation of individual and collective narcissism and belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories: the moderating effects of need for uniqueness and belonging

open access: yesDiscover Psychology, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic not only led to chaos and uncertainty, it also brought about many conspiracy theories. In the last two decades, with considerable amount of research, social psychologists have begun to unravel the personality traits underlying ...
Bengi Ük, Hasan G Bahcekapili
doaj   +1 more source

The interacting effects of precipitation and microhabitat on non‐native seed predation are contingent on temporal dynamics

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how different drivers of global change interact to shape ecological processes remains a major challenge in ecology. Climate change is reshuffling the interactions that structure communities, with major implications for biological invasions.
Mariana C. Chiuffo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience through conspiracy? Rethinking conspiracy theories in the context of social exclusion and crisis

open access: yesGlobal Security: Health, Science and Policy
Recent research has suggested a link between greater support for radical movements and greater support for conspiracy theories, as well as between experiences of social exclusion and a propensity for engagement with radical groups.
Inés Bolaños Somoano   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing the Establishment - Foreign Enemy Conspiracies: A Comparative Analysis of the Media Framing in the USA and Egypt

open access: yesGlobal Media Journal: German Edition
Conspiracy theories present a relevant phenomenon in society and are studied within different disciplines. One of the aspects of analyzing conspiracy theories is understanding the pattern whereby social movements utilize the media to construct and spread
Tamer Farag
doaj   +1 more source

Commercial Conspiracy Theories

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2013
There are many ways to categorise conspiracy theories. In the present study, we examined individual and demographic predictors of beliefs in commercial conspiracy theories among a British sample of over 300 women and men.
Adrian eFurnham
doaj   +1 more source

Climate‐smart land management: Greenhouse gas outcomes and social and economic pathways to adoption

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to natural and working lands, reducing the resilience of agricultural and forest productivity. Because land management is a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate‐smart management practices are being implemented to reduce net emissions while sustaining yields.
Kristina Bartowitz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conspiratoria - the Internet and the Logic of Conspiracy Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis is a theoretical investigation of the relationships between the logic of conspiracy theory and the Internet. It argues that the Internet can be conceptualised as a technocultural space conducive to the development of conspiracy belief and ...
Ballinger, Dean Ross
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From Proxies to System State: Defining Sustainability Management Against Symbolic Progress

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability in management is often measured through scores, ratings, and disclosure narratives that can reward symbolic progress while leaving underlying social‐ecological conditions unchanged. This perspective paper offers a definition of Sustainability Management as how organizations plan, organize, lead, and control (four management ...
Zhang Yiping, Olaf Weber
wiley   +1 more source

Conspiracy Theories as Fiction

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract: In this paper, I study conspiracy theories as two novelists handle them: Kafka and Sade. Kafka’s depiction of guilt depends on anxiety that refers to nameless accusations. His protagonists may well assume that a conspiracy targets them in a way they can never understand. I explain the logic of the law that embodies such anxiety, in his novels
openaire   +4 more sources

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