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There are thus two angles from which one may argue that it can be analytically helpful to look at conspiracy beliefs as a particular form of religion or ‘esotericism’: The social and the epistemic. They…
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Despite their different nuances across time and regions, then, populist politicians unite in a Manichean worldview, in which societies are seen as divided between the elite and the people. – ‘Conspiracy theory and populism’, in…
Populists position themselves as the enemy of the establishment and global and national elites. Reference to the ‘deep state’ has emerged as a kind of shorthand, allowing populists to contrive an omnipresent, omnipotent force that…
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Einstein and Glick [Einstein, K.L. and Glick, D.M. (2015) ‘Do I think BLS data are BS? The consequences of conspiracy theories’, Political Behaviour, 37(3): 679-701] found the negative effect of conspiracy theories on trust, but…
According to most quantitative studies, the stereotypical image of a conspiracy theorist as an ‘unwashed, middle-aged white male’ is wrong (Uscinski, Parent 2014: 73). Most studies in psychology and political science find no evidence that…
Conspiracy beliefs are individuals’ acceptance of specific conspiracy theories as likely true. […] Of course, polling leaves room for interpretaion. First, how a survey item is worded can affect if the idea being asked about…
As we live in an era of information warfare, there would be a need for a similar grand project to know more on propaganda and how to resist it than the one that was implemented…
A nationwide representative study in Poland found that intergroup contact, as well as intergroup friendships, were significant predictors of attitudes toward Jews, but they were not significantly related to belief in the Jewish conspiracy [Winiewski,…
Importantly, these intra-individual correlations varied as a function of conspiracy mentality: The more people endorsed a conspiracy mentality, the stronger was their association of power with threat and the more they tended to see powerful…
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Specifically, Whitson, Galinsky and Kay [Whitson, J.A., Galinsky, A.D. and Kay, A. (2015) ‘The emotional roots of conspiratorial perceptions, system justification, and belief in the paranormal’, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, 89-95] manipulated people’s…