Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Creating Conspiracy Beliefs

How Our Thoughts Are Shaped

Av Dolores Albarracin, Julia Albarracin, Man-pui Sally Chan, Kathleen Hall Jamieson

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Beskrivning

Conspiracy theories spread more widely and faster than ever before. Fear and uncertainty prompt people to believe false narratives of danger and hidden plots, but are not sufficient without considering the role and ideological bias of the media. This timely book focuses on making sense of how and why some people respond to their fear of a threat by creating or believing conspiracy stories. It integrates insights from psychology, political science, communication, and information sciences to provide a complete overview and theory of how conspiracy beliefs manifest. Through this multi-disciplinary perspective, rigoros research develops and tests a practical, simple way to frame and understand conspiracy theories. The book supplies unprecedented amounts of new data from six empirical studies and unpicks the complexity of the process that leads to the empowerment of conspiracy beliefs.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2021-11-25
Mått: 153 x 231 x 13 mm
Vikt: 500 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 328
Förlag: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108965026

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Socialpsykologi och gruppsykologi

Mer om författaren

Dolores Albarracín is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Julia Albarracín is Professor of Political Science at Western Illinois University. Man-pui Sally Chan is Research Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of its Policy Center.

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'A deep social psychological analysis of why so many Americans subscribe to false conspiratorial beliefs is long overdue. Finally, it has arrived! In several landmark studies, Dolores Albarracín and her colleagues find that personal anxiety and exposure to conservative media, which exacerbates feelings of anxiety, drive paranoid thinking about matters of politics and public health. The question now is how to calm everyone down and re-establish some semblance of reality-based consensus in our society before it is too late.' John T. Jost, New York University, USA

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