Dolores Albarracin (Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois), Julia Albarracin (Western Illinois University), Man-pui Sally Chan (Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois)

Creating Conspiracy Beliefs

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Produktbeschreibung

Conspiracy theories spread more widely and faster than ever before. It is vital that we understand the psychological and political causes as well as the role of the media. This timely book achieves that goal with six original, empirical studies and a novel theory of how conspiracy theories operate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781108965026
• ISBN-10: 1108965024
• Artikelnr.: 62428997

Autorenporträt

Dolores Albarracín is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

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.