Some people deliberately spread conspiracy theories. What are the reputational benefits
and costs of doing so? The Adaptive‐Conspiracism hypothesis proposes that it pays to be …

In the last decade, the spread of the violence became one of the most worrying phenomena
in the Palestinian Arab community in Israel. This article focuses on the violence where …

Conspiracy beliefs entail a scapegoating function by attributing the consequences of crises,
such as economic downturns, to the secret action of outgroups. While conspiracy beliefs …

Stories about moral exemplars can provide crucial information about the moral
heterogeneity of social groups involved in the conflict. This article addresses the role of …

Misinformation affects us daily, from social media to politics and even personal relationships.
Policing social media alone cannot solve the complex problem shaped by partisan politics …

Self-protection is one of the most effective ways to contain the spread of pandemic Covid-19.
Masks have a great effect of preventing airborne/droplet-borne Novel corona virus. This …

Conspiracy beliefs and theories are pervasive in current public discourse, politics, and
academia. Many approaches in mental health and academia use a conventional realist …

Tutti noi abbiamo a che fare quotidianamente con il problema della disinformazione: dai
social media ai dibattiti politici, dalle conversazioni casuali al supermercato a quelle con i …

Abstract [eng] Acceptance of conspiracy theory poses challenges on national and global
level, making it an important topic to be studied in recent years. Nevertheless, the broad …

In this study, I examine peace and violence as entwined yet separate phenomena whose
existence in a society can be observed in mundane visual communication. I argue that …