Records, trust, and misinformation: Using birtherism to understand the influence of conspiracy theories on human information interactions
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24697
Abstract: Records are persistent representations of activities created by partakers, observers, or their authorized proxies. People are generally willing to trust vital records such as birth, death, and marriage certificates. However, conspiracy theories and other misinformation… read more here.
Keywords: information; conspiracy; conspiracy theories; misinformation ... See more keywords
The Heir Apparent Presidency. By Donald A. Zinman. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2016. 200p. Cloth, $29.95.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592716004941
Abstract: “predisposed” to conspiracy theory, then the authors’ conceptual work, and especially their notion that conspiracy theorizing is simply relegated to “losers,” seems miscast or at least confusingly labeled. Either we are all losers or conspiracy… read more here.
Keywords: phenomenon; donald; heir apparent; conspiracy ... See more keywords
“I Know Things They Don’t Know!”: The Role of Need for Uniqueness in Belief in Conspiracy Theories
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DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000306
Abstract: In the current research, we investigated whether belief in conspiracy theories satisfies people’s need for uniqueness. We found that the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories was associated with the feeling of possessing scarce information… read more here.
Keywords: need uniqueness; conspiracy; conspiracy theories; belief conspiracy ... See more keywords
Online engagement with 2020 election misinformation and turnout in the 2021 Georgia runoff election
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115900119
Abstract: Significance After the 2020 election, Republican officials, including then-President Trump, publicized conspiracy theories claiming the election was “stolen,” and Republican voters reported reduced faith in electoral institutions in surveys. We test whether public stances on… read more here.
Keywords: election; conspiracy theories; engagement 2020; online engagement ... See more keywords
A Musing on Our Times: Democracy as a Way of Life, Conspiracy Theories, and Dewey’s Conception of Growth as the Aim of Education
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DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2021.1919678
Abstract: Abstract The rise of various conspiracy theories has left many Americans worried and wondering about the future of democracy. Education has been singled out as part of the solution. Linking Dewey’s conception of the purpose… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy; education; conspiracy theories; growth ... See more keywords
I Wear a Mask for My Country: Conspiracy Theories, Nationalism, and Intention to Adopt Covid-19 Prevention Behaviors at the Later Stage of Pandemic Control in China.
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1958982
Abstract: Various conspiracy theories have accompanied COVID-19 since its initial outbreak. Based on a nationwide survey in China, this study probes the health consequences of beliefs in different COVID-19 conspiracy theories in China. The research found… read more here.
Keywords: pandemic control; conspiracy; intention adopt; conspiracy theories ... See more keywords
What Drives Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories? Examining the Role of Uncertainty, Negative Emotions, and Perceived Relevance and Threat.
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2134703
Abstract: As conspiracy theories around COVID-19 pose a big global challenge to public health and well-being, this study seeks to identify how and when people are likely to activate conspiratorial thinking and believe in conspiracy theories… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy; conspiracy theories; uncertainty; perceived relevance ... See more keywords
Promoting conspiracy theory: From AIDS to COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2172199
Abstract: Conspiracy theories (evidence-free, improbable narratives about powerful agents conspiring to harm people) circulated widely during the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and COVID-19 epidemics. They travelled over time and space, adapted to local conditions and… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy; aids covid; conspiracy theories; promoting conspiracy ... See more keywords
How conspiracy theories can stimulate political engagement
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DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2019.1651321
Abstract: Although a growing body of studies has explored the antecedents of people’s adoption of conspiracy beliefs, the behavioral consequences of conspiracy theories – particularly regarding political eng... read more here.
Keywords: theories stimulate; conspiracy; conspiracy theories; stimulate political ... See more keywords
BLINDED BY THE LIES? Toward an integrated definition of conspiracy theories
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DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtaa023
Abstract: Despite widespread concern over the alleged rise of conspiracy theories, scholars continue to disagree whether it is possible to distinguish specific kinds of conspiracist accounts that can justifiably be denounced as objectionable. In this article,… read more here.
Keywords: blinded lies; conspiracy theories; conspiracy; lies toward ... See more keywords
Nationalism, Conspiracy Theories, and Antisemitism in the Transylvanian Greek Catholic Newspaper Dumineca on the Eve of the Holocaust (1936–1940)
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DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcaa005
Abstract: In the first half of the twentieth century churches in Eastern Europe often promoted extreme nationalism and antisemitism. Their very effectiveness discouraged many bystanders from helping Jews during the Holocaust. Here the author studies a… read more here.
Keywords: theories antisemitism; conspiracy theories; greek catholic; antisemitism transylvanian ... See more keywords