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Silva, Kalinga Tudor. "Understanding social upheavals: beyond conspiracy theories." Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences 45, no. 2 (2022): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljss.v45i2.8752.

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Lukic, Petar. "Moving between two paradigms - sociocultural approach to research of conspiracy theories." Sociologija 62, no. 2 (2020): 193–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc2002193l.

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Social sciences and humanistic disciplines that showed an interest in conspiracy theories are dominantly relying on either a cultural perspective (e.g. history, anthropology, ethnology, sociology, cultural studies, literature, etc.) or a positivistic perspective (psychology and political science). Between these two perspectives lays a gap in the way the nature of the phenomenon is understood, as well as its manifestation, the methodology used and how they interpret results and their implications. In this paper we are aiming to show that this topic is in its core a sociocultural question and th

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Moore, Alfred. "Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories and Democracy." Political Studies Review 16, no. 1 (2017): 2–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12102.

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Conspiracy theories are attracting increasing attention from political scientists, much of it negative. Three recent books, from the disciplines of political science, cultural history and social theory, provide a valuable critical corrective. Uscinski and Parent argue that conspiracy theories are connected to partisan distrust and are largely stable across the twentieth century. Michael Butter uses detailed historical cases from the Puritan witch trials to the Red Scare of the 1950s to show the central and influential role that conspiratorial beliefs have played in American history. Luc Boltan

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Dentith, M. R. X. "Expertise and Conspiracy Theories." Social Epistemology 32, no. 3 (2018): 196–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2018.1440021.

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Carroll, Noel. "Conspiracy Theories of Representation." Philosophy of the Social Sciences 17, no. 3 (1987): 395–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004839318701700306.

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Nera, Kenzo, Iustina Procop, and Olivier Klein. "Comparing the ideological correlates of anti-government and anti-Roma conspiracy beliefs in Romania." Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 17 (January 2023): 183449092311622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/18344909231162276.

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Conspiracy theories are often viewed as the manifestation of a “conspiracy mentality” grounded in power-challenging attitudes. Contrary to this approach, it has been proposed that conspiracy theories targeting relatively powerful groups (i.e., upward conspiracy theories) may be ideologically distinct from conspiracy theories targeting relatively powerless groups (i.e., downward conspiracy theories). We tested this contention in the Romanian context ( n = 723, preregistered) and compared the ideological and socioeconomic correlates of anti-government (i.e., a relatively powerful group) and anti

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Hagen, Kurtis. "Should Academics Debunk Conspiracy Theories?" Social Epistemology 34, no. 5 (2020): 423–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2020.1747118.

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Alam, Dippo. "KAITAN TEORI-TEORI KONSPIRASI DENGAN PENYEBARAN HOAKS DAN PEMIDANAAN BAGI PEMBUAT DAN PENYEBARNYA." SUPREMASI HUKUM 17, no. 02 (2021): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.33592/jsh.v17i2.1299.

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Many conspiracy theories and hoaxes circulate on social media and internet sites. The problems that the author exposes are the definition of conspiracy theories and hoaxes, recognizing the media for their dissemination and the various dangers caused, the connection between conspiracy theories and hoaxes, motives, and obstacles in implementing prevention, resistance and the conviction. This article is written as a source for the public to know the dangers of conspiracy theories and hoaxes and their prevention. The research method used is qualitative research. Conspiracy theories are a type of h

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Hagen, Kurtis. "Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style: Do Conspiracy Theories Posit Implausibly Vast and Evil Conspiracies?" Social Epistemology 32, no. 1 (2017): 24–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2017.1352625.

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Goldberg, Zachary J., and Sean Richey. "Anti-Vaccination Beliefs and Unrelated Conspiracy Theories." World Affairs 183, no. 2 (2020): 105–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0043820020920554.

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Much recent literature has examined the correlates of anti-vaccination beliefs, without specifying the mechanism that creates adherence to these debunked ideas. We posit that anti-vaccination beliefs are an outcome of a general psychological propensity to believe in conspiracies based on new research on the interconnectedness of conspiracy beliefs. These ideas are tested with a confirmatory factor analysis and a seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model of a nationally representative U.S. sample from the 2016 American National Election Studies. The confirmatory factor analysis shows that anti

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Aupers, Stef. "‘Trust no one’: Modernization, paranoia and conspiracy culture." European Journal of Communication 27, no. 1 (2012): 22–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0267323111433566.

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Popular conspiracy theories, like those about JFK, the attacks of 9/11, the death of Princess Diana or the swine flu vaccination, are generally depicted in the social sciences as pathological, irrational and, essentially, anti-modern. In this contribution it is instead argued that conspiracy culture is a radical and generalized manifestation of distrust that is embedded in the cultural logic of modernity and, ultimately, produced by processes of modernization. In particular, epistemological doubts about the validity of scientific knowledge claims, ontological insecurity about rationalized soci

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Engel, Kristen, Shruti Phadke, and Tanushree Mitra. "Learning from the Ex-Believers: Individuals' Journeys In and Out of Conspiracy Theories Online." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7, CSCW2 (2023): 1–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3610076.

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Conspiracy theories in online spaces, such as anti-vaccination or QAnon, present a unique amalgamation of misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda disguised in entertaining, attention-grabbing content that may appeal to peoples' cultural, moral, or social identities. Studies aiming to understand how people may engage with conspiracy theory content online, or how they may lose belief in conspiracy theories often approach research from a purely theoretical or empirical point of view. In this work, through in-depth interviews with former believers of more than 12 conspiracy theories, with e

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Blackburn, Simon. "Conspiracy Theories by Quassim Cassam." Society 58, no. 2 (2021): 135–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-021-00570-2.

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Buturoiu, Raluca, Georgiana Udrea, Denisa-Adriana Oprea, and Nicoleta Corbu. "Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories about the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania? An Analysis of Conspiracy Theories Believers’ Profiles." Societies 11, no. 4 (2021): 138. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc11040138.

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The current COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by the circulation of an unprecedented amount of “polluted” information, especially in the social media environment, among which are false narratives and conspiracy theories about both the pandemic and vaccination against COVID-19. The effects of such questionable information primarily concern the lack of compliance with restrictive measures and a negative attitude towards vaccination campaigns, as well as more complex social effects, such as street protests or distrust in governments and authorities in general. Even though there is a lot of s

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Byford, Jovan, and Michael Billig. "The emergence of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in Yugoslavia during the war with NATO." Sociologija 47, no. 4 (2005): 307–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc0504307b.

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Byford and Billig examine the emergence of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in the Yugoslav media during the war with NATO. The analysis focuses mainly on Politika, a mainstream daily newspaper without a history of anti-Semitism. During the war, there was a proliferation of conspiratorial explanations of western policies both in the mainstream Serbian media and in statements by the Yugoslav political establishment. For the most part such conspiracy theories were not overtly anti-Semitic, but rather focused on the alleged aims of organizations such as the Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreig

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Gaspar, Fernando C. "Can brands grow like conspiracy theories spread? Studying attitudes toward advertising and conspiracy beliefs." Brazilian Journal of Business 4, no. 4 (2022): 2559–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.34140/bjbv4n4-063.

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In a world where brands find increasing difficulties to communicate their message, in part due to the splitting consumer’s attention and in part due to the difficulty in having consumers believe their messages, we also notice everyday growth of conspiracy theories in many fields (politics, health, social relations, …) who seem to thrive and find it easier than ever to enter people’s lives and gather believers. Can marketing learn something from the success of major conspiracy theories and their facility in reaching people’s attention and earning their trust? Should it? Should marke

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Amobi, Ifeoma Theresa, Lambe Kayode Mustapha, Lilian Adaora Udodi, Oluwakemi Akinuliola-Aweda, Mogbonjubade Esther Adesulure, and Innocent Okoye. "Influence of conspiracy theories, misinformation and knowledge on public adoption of Nigerian government’s COVID-19 containment policies." Journal of African Media Studies 13, no. 2 (2021): 269–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jams_00048_1.

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This study examined the individual and collective influence of conspiracy theories, misinformation and knowledge revolving around COVID-19, on public adoption of the Nigerian government’s containment policies. The study adopted the Survey, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) methods. For the survey, a sample of 466 respondents were drawn from Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, while 24 participants were selected for the FGD. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and thematic approach were used to analyse data generated from the study. Results revealed a COVID-19 conspirator

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Katerelos, Ioannis, and Maria Koletsi. "What Differentiates Believers and Non-Believers of Conspiracy Theories? A Structural Analysis of Semantic Networks Regarding the Social Representations of Covid-19 Pandemic." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 11, no. 3 (2024): 418–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.113.16709.

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Belief in conspiracy theories is close related with the adoption of behavioral patterns often associated with a direct dispute of scientific research, institutional and governmental practices. The recent Covid-19 pandemic revealed an ecosystem of stories and narratives promoting alternative explanations about a real public threat. The exposure to these narratives and their persuasion towards people’s cognitive structures is a crucial issue to be examined to identify the different strategies implemented, by individuals and groups, in order to address a direct threat to society. In the current e

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Bjerg, Ole, and Thomas Presskorn-Thygesen. "Conspiracy Theory: Truth Claim or Language Game?" Theory, Culture & Society 34, no. 1 (2016): 137–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276416657880.

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The paper is a contribution to current debates about conspiracy theories within philosophy and cultural studies. Wittgenstein’s understanding of language is invoked to analyse the epistemological effects of designating particular questions and explanations as a ‘conspiracy theory’. It is demonstrated how such a designation relegates these questions and explanations beyond the realm of meaningful discourse. In addition, Agamben’s concept of sovereignty is applied to explore the political effects of using the concept of conspiracy theory. The exceptional epistemological status assigned to allege

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Cordonier, Laurent, Florian Cafiero, and Gérald Bronner. "Why are conspiracy theories more successful in some countries than in others? An exploratory study on Internet users from 22 Western and non-Western countries." Social Science Information 60, no. 3 (2021): 436–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/05390184211018961.

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This exploratory study aims at identifying macro-social factors associated with the international variance of belief in conspiracy theories. We computed a Conspiracy Index for 22 Western and non-Western countries based on the results of an online survey on conspiratorial beliefs. Stepwise regression analyses show that more than 70% of the international variance of this Conspiracy Index is explained by the following three national variables: the level of democracy, the unemployment rate, and the perceived level of public sector corruption. Conspiracy theories thus appear to be more commonly end

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Landrum, Asheley R., and Alex Olshansky. "The role of conspiracy mentality in denial of science and susceptibility to viral deception about science." Politics and the Life Sciences 38, no. 2 (2019): 193–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pls.2019.9.

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AbstractMembers of the public can disagree with scientists in at least two ways: people can reject well-established scientific theories and they can believe fabricated, deceptive claims about science to be true. Scholars examining the reasons for these disagreements find that some individuals are more likely than others to diverge from scientists because of individual factors such as their science literacy, political ideology, and religiosity. This study builds on this literature by examining the role of conspiracy mentality in these two phenomena. Participants were recruited from a national o

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Bouvier, Hélène, and Glenn Smith. "Of Spontaneity and Conspiracy Theories: Explaining Violence in Central Kalimantan." Asian Journal of Social Science 34, no. 3 (2006): 475–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853106778048678.

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AbstractThe massacres in Sampit, Central Kalimantan in 2001 were the latest in a series of horrific clashes between Madurese migrants and indigenous peoples, which, since 1996, killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands, the primary victims being Madurese. As in earlier clashes, a relatively minor incident or an isolated killing served as the trigger to a conflict more profoundly rooted in interethnic grievances, historical injustices, growing ethnic empowerment, and burgeoning political competition in Indonesia's transition to decentralized governance. The article compares and evalu

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Phadke, Shruti, Mattia Samory, and Tanushree Mitra. "Characterizing Social Imaginaries and Self-Disclosures of Dissonance in Online Conspiracy Discussion Communities." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW2 (2021): 1–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3479855.

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Online discussion platforms provide a forum to strengthen and propagate belief in misinformed conspiracy theories. Yet, they also offer avenues for conspiracy theorists to express their doubts and experiences of cognitive dissonance. Such expressions of dissonance may shed light on who abandons misguided beliefs and under what circumstances. This paper characterizes self-disclosures of dissonance about QAnon-a conspiracy theory initiated by a mysterious leader "Q" and popularized by their followers ?anons"-in conspiratorial subreddits. To understand what dissonance and disbelief mean within co

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Oyekan, Adeolu Oluwaseyi. "Conspiracy theories and pandemic management in Africa: critical reflections on contexts, contradictions and challenges." Acta Academica 53, no. 2 (2021): 38–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa53i2/3.

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The coronavirus pandemic, though primarily a health issue, has had significant social, economic and political implications across the world. There are reasons to believe that some of the changes occurring are likely to be permanent even in a post-pandemic world, and there are even suggestions that the world may be entering a phase in which pandemics become recurrent. Making sense of all that the pandemic has brought has by no means been easy, even for scientists who have had to review and revise their claims as new discoveries about the virus are made. One of the fallouts of the pandemic has b

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Hanley, Hans W. A., Deepak Kumar, and Zakir Durumeric. "A Golden Age: Conspiracy Theories' Relationship with Misinformation Outlets, News Media, and the Wider Internet." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7, CSCW2 (2023): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3610043.

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Do we live in a "Golden Age of Conspiracy Theories?" In the last few decades, conspiracy theories have proliferated on the Internet with some having dangerous real-world consequences. A large contingent of those who participated in the January 6th attack on the US Capitol believed fervently in the QAnon conspiracy theory. In this work, we study the relationships amongst five prominent conspiracy theories (QAnon, COVID, UFO/Aliens, 9/11, and Flat-Earth) and each of their respective relationships to the news media, both mainstream and fringe. Identifying and publishing a set of 755 different con

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Huraj Rošteková, Mária, and Eva Molnárová. "The Position of Humanities and Social Sciences in European Education and their Role in the Fight against Disinformation and Propaganda." Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences 15, no. 1 (2023): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.62343/cjss.2022.208.

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In the European area, we have recently noticed an increase in the spread of conspiracy theories and propaganda. Several crises (especially the crisis associated with the Covid-19 pandemic) have reduced the credibility of European/Western institutions in the eyes of many young people. In addition, some states are weakened by the rise of Pan-Slavism and nationalist ideas. In this context, is it necessary to reconsider the education of future European citizens? How to approach this if countries are facing multiple challenges atthe same time?

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Robertson, David G. "Analytic Categories and Claims of Special Knowledge." Religion and Society 13, no. 1 (2022): 140–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/arrs.2022.130109.

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Abstract This article examines two categories in which claims of special knowledge are central: Gnosticism and conspiracy theories. In both cases, notions of what counts as ‘religion’ come into play in setting their boundaries, with only certain kinds of religious belief deemed as legitimate. Moreover, the category is privileged over the data. While these cases may be extreme, I contend that they point to a major failure of contemporary social sciences—a commitment to categories about data that leave us upholding the episteme that we should be critiquing.

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Finn, G. P. T. "Racism, religion and social prejudice: Irish Catholic clubs, soccer and Scottish society — II social identities and conspiracy theories." International Journal of the History of Sport 8, no. 3 (1991): 370–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523369108713768.

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Radoslav, Ivančík, and Andrassy Vladimír. "On Some Factors Contributing to Belief in Conspiracy Theories." Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 12, no. 3 (2023): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2023-0056.

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The objective of this study is to examine some of the factors contributing to belief in conspiracy theories. They have gained considerable popularity among the public in recent years. They react more and more often to several socially significant events taking place around us, while coming up with an alternative explanation, especially for those events that concern a larger number of people. Due to the fast introduction of the Internet and the rapid development in the field of information and communication technologies, systems and means, conspiracy theories are penetrating very significantly

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Pivetti, Monica, Francesca-Giorgia Paleari, Irem Ertan, Silvia Di Battista, and Esra Ulukök. "COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccinations: A conceptual replication study in Turkey." Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 17 (January 2023): 183449092311700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/18344909231170097.

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Pivetti et al. (2021a; 2021b) examined links between COVID-related conspiracy beliefs and acceptance of vaccinations in Italy and Finland in 2020. They found that moral purity negatively predicted confidence in science, whereas political orientation predicted COVID-related conspiracy beliefs. Confidence in science, general conspiracy beliefs, and COVID-related conspiracy beliefs were found to negatively predict support for governmental restrictions and attitudes towards vaccines, and positively predict perceptions of informational contamination. Finally, attitudes towards vaccines in general s

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Simmons, William Paul, and Sharon Parsons. "Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Among African Americans: A Comparison of Elites and Masses*." Social Science Quarterly 86, no. 3 (2005): 582–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00319.x.

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Engel, Kristen, Yiqing Hua, Taixiang Zeng, and Mor Naaman. "Characterizing Reddit Participation of Users Who Engage in the QAnon Conspiracy Theories." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW1 (2022): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3512900.

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Widespread conspiracy theories may significantly impact our society. This paper focuses on the QAnon conspiracy theory, a consequential conspiracy theory that started on and disseminated successfully through social media. Our work characterizes how Reddit users who have participated in QAnon-focused subreddits engage in activities on the platform, especially outside their own communities. Using a large-scale Reddit moderation action against QAnon-related activities in 2018 as the source, we identified 13,000 users active in the early QAnon communities. We collected the 2.1 million submissions

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Trotsuk, Irina. "Eschatological Conspiracy Theories: Models and Ways for Identifying Apocalyptic Semantics and Syntax." Sotsiologicheskoe Obozrenie / Russian Sociological Review 22, no. 4 (2023): 139–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/1728-192x-2023-4-139-158.

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Albarracín, Dolores, and Julia Albarracín. "Creating Conspiracy Beliefs: How Our Thoughts Are Shaped." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 74, no. 4 (2022): 250–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.56315/pscf12-22albarracin.

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CREATING CONSPIRACY BELIEFS: How Our Thoughts Are Shaped by Dolores Albarracín et al. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 308 pages. Paperback; $39.99. ISBN: 9781108965026. *Conspiracy thinking is a prominent topic of discussion in American life today--and Christians, with their concern for truth, should not only be informed about, but contributing to, this discussion. This includes awareness of how scholars in the neuro-psychological and social sciences are contributing to our understanding of the nature of conspiracy thinking. *This book investigates the causes of conspiracy thinking

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Sarieva, I. R., and N. I. Bogatyreva. "System Justification and Coronavirus Restrictions Support: the Role of Government Trust and Conspiracy Belief." Social Psychology and Society 12, no. 3 (2021): 59–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/sps.2021120305.

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Objective. Analysis of the relationship between system justification, trust in the government, conspiracy beliefs and coronavirus restrictions. Background. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has shown that people react differently to the restrictions associated with the coronavirus. In Russia, society is not willing to support restrictions and believes in conspiracy theories in the context of the coronavirus. Study design. The relationship between system justification and supporting coronavirus restrictions was examined. System justification was an independent variable, support for coronavirus rest

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Lor, Peter, Bradley Wiles, and Johannes Britz. "Re-thinking Information Ethics: Truth, Conspiracy Theories, and Librarians in the COVID-19 Era." Libri 71, no. 1 (2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/libri-2020-0158.

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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is an international public health crisis without precedent in the last century. The novelty and rapid spread of the virus have added a new urgency to the availability and distribution of reliable information to help curb its fatal potential. As seasoned and trusted purveyors of reliable public information, librarians have attempted to respond to the “infodemic” of fake news, disinformation, and propaganda with a variety of strategies, but the COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique challenge because of the deadly stakes involved. The seriousness of the current situat

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Bliznakovski, Jovan, Misha Popovikj, and Vlora Reçica. "External political efficacy and populist attitudes: Understanding the demand for populism in North Macedonia." Sociologija 65, no. 4 (2023): 517–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc2304517b.

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This paper focuses on the underlying factors driving the demand for populism in North Macedonia. It presents an argument on populist attitudes, illustrating empirically that within this specific context, they are primarily driven by heightened dissatisfaction with state institutions. This dissatisfaction is manifested as perceived lack of external political efficacy, with state mechanisms failing to foster citizen inclusion in political processes. Additionally, this paper demonstrates that populism in this country of South East Europe is also significantly influenced by adherence to traditiona

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Mao, Jia‐Yan, Shen‐Long Yang, and Yong‐Yu Guo. "Are individuals from lower social classes more susceptible to conspiracy theories? An explanation from the compensatory control theory." Asian Journal of Social Psychology 23, no. 4 (2020): 372–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12417.

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Latour, Bruno. "Why Critique Run Out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern." Philosophical Literary Journal Logos 33, no. 5 (2023): 29–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/0869-5377-2023-5-29-61.

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This article proposes a revision of the notion of critique developed in the social sciences at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Bruno Latour suggests that criticism has largely lost its explanatory potential and has become an obstacle to responding to new challenges and threats. He suggests a radical revision of both the instruments and targets of critical analysis while observing the emergence of the “instant revisionism” phenomenon with its pseudo-critical analysis that challenges the facts established by science or jurisprudence, thus imitating the procedures of the sociology of s

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Lewandowsky, Stephan, Konstantinos Armaos, Hendrik Bruns, et al. "When Science Becomes Embroiled in Conflict: Recognizing the Public’s Need for Debate while Combating Conspiracies and Misinformation." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 700, no. 1 (2022): 26–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00027162221084663.

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We explore the common attributes of political conflicts in which scientific findings have a central role, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, but also drawing on long-standing conflicts over climate change and vaccinations. We analyze situations in which the systematic spread of disinformation or conspiracy theories undermines public trust in the work of scientists and prevents policy from being informed by the best available evidence. We also examine instances in which public opposition to scientifically grounded policy arises from legitimate value judgments and lived experience. We

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Mohseni Ahooei, Ebrahim. "Shifting from Individualism to Genericism: Personalization as a Conspiracy Theory." Žurnalistikos tyrimai 16 (December 30, 2022): 14–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/zt/jr.2022.1.

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With severe mistrust around classical approaches to consciousness, this paper claims that arguments around the notion of “personalization” of media or messages are grounded on a misinterpretation. Based on the two presuppositions of respective differentiation of human beings and the power to make choices based on reasoning, these approaches have been the reference for many well-known scientific studies, mainly in the fields of media studies, economics, political sciences, and psychology. Despite refuting their results via meta-analyses, such theories have so far sought to maintain their positi

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Chapman, Nigel et al. "Who to Trust? Christian Belief in Conspiracy Theories." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 75, no. 2 (2023): 128–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.56315/pscf9-23chapman.

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WHO TO TRUST? Christian Belief in Conspiracy Theories by Nigel Chapman et al. Victoria, Australia: ISCAST, 2022. 164 pages. Paperback; $12.99. ISBN: 9780645067156. ebook/discussion paper. https://iscast.org/conspiracy/. *Conspiracy theories (CTs) have existed for as long as humans have been able to record them for posterity; however, due to the exponential growth of electronic media, the proliferation and popularity of CTs have made them ubiquitous. Western societies have been particularly affected by CTs in recent decades through our ability to communicate unfiltered diatribes at the speed of

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Mukasheva, Assel. "Recent Trends in Social Epistemology. Epistemic Injustice." Bulletin of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Historical Sciences. Philosophy. Religion Series 149, no. 4 (2024): 245–56. https://doi.org/10.32523/2616-7255-2024-149-4-245-256.

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The second half of the twentieth century is marked for the theory of knowledge by the renewal of many areas and the emergence of new problems. The boom in information theory, linguistics, cybernetics, neurobiology and research into neuropsychological syndromes (conditions caused by brain injury) lead to the emergence of cognitive sciences. At the same time, against the backdrop of disputes between positivist-minded philosophers and post-positivists about demarcation, social epistemology is born. Despite the fact that social epistemology goes back to the sociology of knowledge and is rooted in

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Rigoli, Francesco. "Deconstructing the Conspiratorial Mind: the Computational Logic Behind Conspiracy Theories." Review of Philosophy and Psychology, August 27, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13164-022-00657-7.

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AbstractIn the social sciences, research on conspiracy theories is accumulating fast. To contribute to this research, here I introduce a computational model about the psychological processes underlying support for conspiracy theories. The proposal is that endorsement of these theories depends on three factors: prior beliefs, novel evidence, and expected consequences. Thanks to the latter, a conspiracy hypothesis might be selected because it is the costliest to reject even if it is not the best supported by evidence and by prior beliefs (i.e., even if it is not the most accurate). In this way,

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Kindynis, Theo. "Criminology, Conspiracy Theories and Theorizing Conspiracy." British Journal of Criminology, January 30, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae100.

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Abstract This article challenges criminologists to adopt a more critical orientation to conspiracy theories. The first part of the article suggests that a moral panic over conspiracy theories has given rise to a conspiracy theory research agenda that has pathologized and criminalized conspiracy theories. The second part of the article argues that although conspiracies are important sociological and political phenomena, the term ‘conspiracy theory’ functions to stigmatize certain narratives. The article traces the origins of conspiracy denial in the social sciences. The final part of the articl

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Gkinopoulos, Theofilos, Stefano Pagliaro, Maria‐Giuseppina Pacilli, Michal Bilewicz, Manuel Teresi, and Chiara Ballone. "Does personal relative deprivation mediate the relationship between passive social media use and beliefs in conspiracy theories? Cross‐sectional correlational and experimental evidence." European Journal of Social Psychology, September 28, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3002.

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AbstractSocial media use occupies a prominent space in social sciences scholarship and beyond. However, the distinction between active and passive use of social media, although important in explaining a variety of users’ behaviours, has been overlooked in terms of its potential to predict key socially relevant outcomes like beliefs in conspiracy theories. In three studies (N = 1388, in total), we provide evidence on (a) the role of passive social media use in believing in conspiracy theories via personal relative deprivation; (b) the interaction effect between social media use and personal rel

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Dentith, M. R. X. "Suspicious conspiracy theories." Synthese 200, no. 3 (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03602-4.

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AbstractConspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists have been accused of a great many sins, but are the conspiracy theories conspiracy theorists believe epistemically problematic? Well, according to some recent work (such as Cassam Quassim, Keith Harris, and M. Guilia Napolitano), yes, they are. Yet a number of other philosophers (myself included) like Brian L. Keeley, Charles Pigden, Kurtis Hagen, Lee Basham, and the like have argued ‘No!’ I will argue that there are features of certain conspiracy theories which license suspicion of such theories. I will also argue that these features only l

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Cassam, Quassim. "Conspiracy Theories." Society, February 6, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-023-00816-1.

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AbstractCurrent thinking about conspiracy theories is dominated by epistemological and psychological approaches. The former see the study of conspiracy theories as a branch of epistemology and insist that each theory should be judged on its evidential merits. On this account, a conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event which cites a conspiracy as a salient cause. Psychological approaches explain belief in conspiracy theories by reference to individual personality traits and generic cognitive biases. Despite their popularity, both epistemological and psychological approaches are flawed. A

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Shields, Matthew. "Rethinking conspiracy theories." Synthese 200, no. 4 (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03811-x.

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Dentith, M. R. X. "Debunking conspiracy theories." Synthese, May 14, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02694-0.

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