Toward a comprehensive and potentially cross-cultural model of why people engage in collective action: A quantitative research synthesis of four motivations and …

M Agostini, M van Zomeren - Psychological Bulletin, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Sociopsychological theorizing and research on collective action (eg, social protests) has
mushroomed over the last decade, studying a wide variety of groups, contexts, and cultures …

Collective climate action: When do people turn into collective environmental agents?

I Fritsche, T Masson - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Effectively protecting the climate requires the action of groups. In the present review article,
we aim to understand when individuals turn into collective climate actors. We first discuss …

Content matters. Different predictors and social consequences of general and government-related conspiracy theories on COVID-19

T Oleksy, A Wnuk, D Maison, A Łyś - Personality and individual differences, 2021 - Elsevier
In times of crisis, people are more prone to endorse conspiracy theories. Conspiracy
thinking provides answers about the causes of an event, but it can also have harmful social …

2. Die Leipziger Autoritarismus Studie 2024: Methoden, Ergebnisse und Langzeitverlauf

O Decker, J Kiess, A Heller, E Brähler - Vereint im Ressentiment, 2024 - nomos-elibrary.de
Mit den Leipziger Autoritarismus Studien (LAS) untersuchen wir seit 2002 und damit bereits
in der zwölften Erhebungswelle die Verbreitung der rechtsextremen Einstellung, wir …

The impact of economic inequality on conspiracy beliefs

BGS Casara, C Suitner, J Jetten - Journal of Experimental Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous literature highlights the crucial role of economic inequality in triggering a range of
negative societal outcomes. However, the relationship between economic inequality and the …

Can external threats foster a European Union identity? Evidence from Russia's invasion of Ukraine

K Gehring - The Economic Journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Can external threats strengthen group identity? A growing body of research in economics
emphasises the importance of cultural attributes such as identity for trust and cooperation …

The acceptance of Covid-19 tracking technologies: The role of perceived threat, lack of control, and ideological beliefs

A Wnuk, T Oleksy, D Maison - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
New technological solutions play an important role in preventing the spread of Covid-19.
Many countries have implemented tracking applications or other surveillance systems …

How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action

N Geiger, JK Swim, K Gasper, J Fraser… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research examines the extent to which four anticipatory emotional reactions (hope,
anxiety, helplessness, and boredom) that arise when contemplating participating in public …

Bert model for fake news detection based on social bot activities in the covid-19 pandemic

M Heidari, S Zad, P Hajibabaee… - 2021 IEEE 12th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the global pandemic, social media platforms are the primary source of information
exchange. Social bots are one of the main sources of misinformation in the COVID-19 …

Economic inequality and conspiracy theories

J Jetten, K Peters, BGS Casara - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Can perceptions of economic inequalities trigger conspiratorial thinking? We provide
evidence that high economic inequality may enhance conspiratorial thinking because, as a …