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Chapter 7 - The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2021

Dolores Albarracin ,
Julia Albarracin ,
Man-pui Sally Chan  and
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Dolores Albarracin
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Julia Albarracin
Affiliation:
Western Illinois University
Man-pui Sally Chan
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
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Summary

In this chapter, we report our correlations on associations between conspiracy beliefs and conspiracy norms. This novel correlation has not been considered in prior research. Similarly, we also review the literature on the social networks on which conspiracy beliefs spread, and discuss our own data on the dissemination of tweets authored by media accounts and with varying levels of fear language.

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Conspiracy beliefsconspiracy normscorrelationsocial networktweetsfearlanguagemediasocial influencecommunication
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Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
How Our Thoughts Are Shaped
 , pp. 147 - 159
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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