Conspiracy theories, which allege that powerful groups hatch malicious plots, are
increasingly recognized as a threat to contemporary society. Although research …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

This 2019 project conducted in the US and the UK sought to understand which conspiracy
theories are harmful and which are benign, with an eye towards finding ways to combat …

In our Brookings Press book, Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
published last year, John Allen and I note the backlash against technology that has reduced …

We investigate the diffusion of conspiracy theories related to the origin of COVID-19 on
social media. By analyzing third-party content on four social media platforms, we show …

Conspiracy theories circulated online over social media contribute to a shift in public
discourse away from facts and analysis and can contribute to direct public harm. Social …

Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years,
and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we …