Creating Conspiracy Beliefs: How Our Thoughts Are Shaped

ISBN-13: 9781108965026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 200 str.

Kathleen Hall (University of Pennsylvania) Jamieson

Opis

Drawing on psychology, political science, communication, and information sciences, this book explores the birth of conspiracy theories.

Recenzje

'Creating Conspiracy Beliefs: How Our Thoughts are Shaped is a brilliant monograph reporting an extensive research program that probed the origins of conspiracy beliefs. The authors introduce a social psychological theory that grounds such beliefs in social influence and psychological motivations that are fueled by anxiety and repetitious communicative content. Evidence for the importance of these processes emerges from well-designed surveys, experiments, and analyses of social media data. The result is a wide-ranging analysis that illuminates the prevalence of conspiracy beliefs.' Alice H. Eagly, Northwestern University, USA

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A framework for understanding how conspiracy beliefs are created; 3. The consequences of conspiracy beliefs; 4. Anxiety, psychological motivations, and conspiracy beliefs; 5. Socio-political factors and conspiracy beliefs; 6. The relation between media and anxiety; 7. The influence of norms and social networks on conspiracy beliefs; 8. Influences of media and anxiety in a psychological and sociopolitical context; 9. Conclusions; Appendix.