Creating Conspiracy Beliefs

How Our Thoughts Are Shaped

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvDolores Albarracin,Julia Albarracin,Man-pui Sally Chan,Kathleen Hall Jamieson

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Conspiracy theories spread more widely and faster than ever before. Fear and uncertainty prompt people to believe false narratives of danger and hidden plots, but are not sufficient without considering the role and ideological bias of the media. This timely book focuses on making sense of how and why some people respond to their fear of a threat by creating or believing conspiracy stories. It integrates insights from psychology, political science, communication, and information sciences to provide a complete overview and theory of how conspiracy beliefs manifest. Through this multi-disciplinary perspective, rigoros research develops and tests a practical, simple way to frame and understand conspiracy theories. The book supplies unprecedented amounts of new data from six empirical studies and unpicks the complexity of the process that leads to the empowerment of conspiracy beliefs.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-11-25
Mått153 x 231 x 13 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor328
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108965026

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Dolores Albarracín is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Julia Albarracín is Professor of Political Science at Western Illinois University. Man-pui Sally Chan is Research Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of its Policy Center.

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.

'A deep social psychological analysis of why so many Americans subscribe to false conspiratorial beliefs is long overdue. Finally, it has arrived! In several landmark studies, Dolores Albarracín and her colleagues find that personal anxiety and exposure to conservative media, which exacerbates feelings of anxiety, drive paranoid thinking about matters of politics and public health. The question now is how to calm everyone down and re-establish some semblance of reality-based consensus in our society before it is too late.' John T. Jost, New York University, USA