American Conspiracy Theories

By J. Uscinski, Joseph M. Parent. 2014

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Anxious attachment and belief in conspiracy theories (2018, background): “Conspiracy theories attribute significant social and political events to the actions of powerful and malicious groups (Douglas & Sutton, 2008; Goertzel, 1994; Uscinski & Parent, 2014).”
Gender Differences in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs (2020, background): “…related to CT beliefs (including endorsement of COVID-19 CTs; Miller 2020b; Uscinski 2020) is conspiratorial thinking—the tendency to view events as the product of a conspiracy (Uscinski & Parent 2014). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X20000409 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core.”
Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. (2020, background): “All of these relations are consistent with the suggestion that persons who feel politically powerless are more susceptible to conspiracy theo-rizing (Crocker et al., 1999; Uscinski and Parent, 2014; Uscinski et al., 2016).”
The Genesis of the Birther Rumor: Partisanship, Racial Attitudes, and Political Knowledge (2018, background): “Individuals might be motivated toward conspiratorial thinking by their personalities or circumstances, but most do not adopt such beliefs indiscriminately (Uscinski and Parent 2014).”
Attitudes Towards Science (2018, background): “Uscinski and Parent (2014) argue that “conspiracy theories are for losers” and provide historical data to suggest that conspiracy theories point the finger at incumbent more often than opposition groups and thrive among political groups that find themselves out of power.”
Understanding Conspiracy Theories (2019, methodology): “…who both believe and disbelieve conspiracy theories about 9/11; Lewandowsky, Oberauer, and Gignac (2013) gathered online comments rejecting published scientific research; Wood (2018) examined the content of Tweets; and Uscinski and Parent (2014) examined letters to the editor of The New York Times.”
Why conspiracy theories matter: A social psychological analysis (2018, background): “Others argue that they are essentially counterproductive, deterring resistance by breeding helplessness in the face of disadvantage or misdirecting resistance by scapegoating real or imagined enemies (e.g, Uscinski & Parent, 2014).”
In Related News, That Was Wrong: The Correction of Misinformation Through Related Stories Functionality in Social Media (2015, background): “…(Jerit & Barabas, 2012; Taber & Lodge, 2006), both Republicans and Democrats suffer from factual misper-ceptions when they benefit their party (Kraft, Lodge, & Taber, 2015; Uscinski & Parent, 2014), and partisan-related media choice may exacerbate misinformation (Kull, Ramsay, & Lewis, 2003).”
Prevention is better than cure: Addressing anti‐vaccine conspiracy theories (2017, neutral): “…2015; Cichocka, Marchlewska, & Golec de Zavala, 2016; Douglas & Sutton, 2008, 2011, 2015; Douglas, Sutton, Callan, Dawtry, & Harvey, 2016; Goertzel, 1994; McCauley & Jacques, 1979; Sutton & Douglas, 2014; van Prooijen & Jostmann, 2013; Uscinski & Parent, 2014; Wood, Douglas, & Sutton, 2012).”
Epistemic rationality: Skepticism toward unfounded beliefs requires sufficient cognitive ability and motivation to be rational (2018, result): “The results revealed no evidence for a trend toward more or less conspiracy theorizing over time (Uscinski & Parent, 2014).”
Psychological Features of Extreme Political Ideologies (2019, background): “Although the left and right are equally likely to endorse conspiracy theories (Uscinski & Parent, 2014), the political extremes believe conspiracy theories more strongly than moderates (van Prooijen, Krouwel, & Pollet, 2015; see also Imhoff, 2015; Krouwel, Kutiyski, van Prooijen, Martinsson, &…”
Psychological, Political, and Situational Factors Combine to Boost COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs (2020, background): “They cut across demographic and political differences (Uscinski and Parent, 2014) and can have negative social/political consequences.”
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes (2021, background): “The second insight is that belief in conspiracy theories is highly sensitive to social context (Roberts- Miller, 2015; Uscinski & Parent, 2014).”
The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs About Politics (2017, background): “They are distinctive insofar as they focus on the behavior of powerful people and may be rooted in stable psychological predispositions (Uscinski, Klofstad, & Atkinson, 2016; Uscinski & Parent, 2014).”