Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship between conspiracy mentality (CM) and belief in specific conspiracy theories (CBs) has been described as bidirectional, but it remains unclear under which socio‐psychological conditions each direction of the relationship is reinforced.
Achilleas Piliousis, Antonis Gardikiotis
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A model of factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: A synthesis of the theory of reasoned action, conspiracy theory belief, awareness, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Akther T, Nur T.
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Do Words Matter? Evaluative Media Framing, Protest Actions, and Donations to Climate Action
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public support is essential to effective climate policies, yet responses to climate activism may depend on how protests are covered in the news. Building on research on activist tactics, media framing, and construal level theory, we examined whether the tone of media coverage (neutral vs.
Myriam N. Bechtoldt +2 more
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Optimism Bias, Pessimism Bias, Magical Beliefs, and Conspiracy Theory Beliefs Related to COVID-19 among the Jordanian Population. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2021 Hammad AM +4 more
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The Anti‐Coercion Instrument (ACI), the most powerful tool in the EU's geoeconomic arsenal, has its origins in the first Trump US presidency and has recently been brandished again as a potential response to Trump's coercive tariffs. Its centrality to the EU's ‘geoeconomic turn’ and the twists and turns of its legislative history have been ...
Jaša Veselinovič
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Marriage of Love? Cross‐Fertilisation Between Illiberalism and Euroscepticism
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The article contributes to the conceptual mapping of the interaction between Euroscepticism and illiberalism, suggesting that there is a mutual reinforcement process between them. The overlaps cover the following areas: the critique of supranationalism, the resulting defence of national sovereignty, the defence of the (national) majority ...
Vít Hloušek, Vratislav Havlík
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Detecting Favoritism in Public Procurement
The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Favoritism as a mode of corruption is a major concern in public procurement (PP) in many countries. We propose a regression discontinuity design (RDD) test arguing that the winning history of marginal winners and losers can be used to detect favoritism.
Joosua Virtanen +2 more
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Protein-protein interactions in neurodegenerative diseases: A conspiracy theory. [PDF]
PLoS Comput Biol, 2020 Thompson TB +4 more
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It’s All About Me (Or Is It Us?): The Narrative Antecedents of the Locus of Celebrity
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract For two decades, research on individual and organizational celebrity has flourished. However, the literature remains limited in several ways. First, despite recent gains regarding the antecedents of celebrity, current theory does not fully explain why celebrity resides at a specific locus (i.e., at the individual‐ and/or organizational level).
Laura D’Oria +3 more
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Health disinformation & social media: The crucial role of information hygiene in mitigating conspiracy theory and infodemics. [PDF]
EMBO Rep, 2020 Grimes DR.
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