The Social Science of QAnon

Monica K. Miller is a Foundation Professor with a split appointment between the Department of Criminal Justice and the interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. She is also adjunct faculty at the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies and an affiliate of the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity. She is co-editor of the NYU Press book series Psychology and Crime, the Springer series Advances in Psychology and Law, and the American Psychology and Law Society book series published by APA Books.

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• Part I. Introduction to QAnon: 1. The 'who, what, and why' of QAnon Monica K. Miller; Part II. Recruiting and Maintaining Followers: 2. Down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole: how does one become a follower of QAnon? Joseph Pierre; 3. Psychological motives of QAnon followers Ricky Green, Carolina Trella, Mikey Biddlestone, Karen M. Douglas, and Robbie M. Sutton; 4. Cognitive processes, biases, and traits that fuel QAnon Arial R. Meyer and Monica K. Miller; 5. The role of moral cognitions in the growth of QAnon M. Katie Cunius and Monica K. Miller; 6. Emotions and the QAnon conspiracy theory Elena Bessarabova and John A. Banas; 7. Recruitment to QAnon: ordinary persuasion and human agency or 'brainwashing'? James T. Richardson; Part III. QAnon and Society: 8. QAnon in the year 2020: the bigger social picture Charles P. Edwards; 9. QAnon and the politics of 2020 Joseph Uscinski and Adam Enders; 10. The QAnon conspiracy narrative: understanding the social construction of danger David G. Bromley and James T. Richardson; 11. The need to belong: the appeal, benefits, and dangers of QAnon and similar groups Kelly-Ann Allen, Zoe Morris, Margaret L. Kern, Christopher Boyle, and Caomhan McGlinchey; Part IV. The Role of Communication in Promoting and Limiting QAnon Support: 12. QAnon and social media Tatyana Kaplan; 13. Social network analysis techniques using NodeXL for analyzing disinformation related to QAnon Wasim Ahmed and Marc Smith; 14. QAnon, folklore and conspiratorial consensus: a case study in the computational analysis of conspiracy theory narratives Timothy R. Tangherlini, Vwani Roychowdhury, and Shadi Shahsavari; 15. Debunking and preventing conspiracies: special challenges of QAnon John Banas and Elena Bessarabova; Part V. The Future of QAnon: 16. Categorizing QAnon: is this a new religious movement? Amarnath Amarasingam, Marc-Andre Argentino, Dakota Johnston, and Sharday Mosurinjohn; 17. The future of QAnon: emergent patterns of social movement adaptation and change Jared M. Wright and Stuart A. Wright.