Purpose The digital setting empowers users to actively engage in communicative actions.
The problem is that this active communication can increase misjudgment in determining the …

Researchers have proposed that conspiracy theory beliefs are fueled by isolation from
counter-conspiracy theory information, reliance on intuitive thinking, and/or institutional …

In the present study, we experimentally investigated the effectiveness of exposure to
conspiracy and anti-conspiracy content on the tendency to endorse conspiracy explanations …

Conspiratorial beliefs are currently salient in both the media and among scholarly
researchers. Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? This note addresses three …

Public opinion literature on conspiracy theories mainly focuses on individual and contextual
factors predicting people's beliefs in conspiratorial news. However, little research to date has …

The growing dissemination of conspiracy theories on social media has challenged the well-
being of societies. This study aims to understand why individuals would engage with …

In spite of the social stigma surrounding them, conspiracy theories are a common topic of
public debate on the Internet. The content and tone of these discussions provide a useful …

People sometimes assert that a powerful group's secret, malign efforts are responsible for
bad outcomes even with scant evidence to accept this belief over more plausible …

If conspiracy beliefs were an individual process, no conspiracy theory would be alike.
Instead, these beliefs are promoted by individuals or social groups through the media or …

Recent research into the psychology of conspiracy belief has highlighted the importance of
belief systems in the acceptance or rejection of conspiracy theories. We examined a large …