Book contents
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 4 Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 5 Sociopolitical Factors and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 6 The Relation between Media and Anxiety
- Chapter 7 The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 8 Influences of Media and Anxiety in a Psychological and Sociopolitical Context
- Chapter 9 Conclusions
- Appendix Methodology of Our Studies and Samples
- References
- Index
Chapter 2 - A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2021
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 4 Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 5 Sociopolitical Factors and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 6 The Relation between Media and Anxiety
- Chapter 7 The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 8 Influences of Media and Anxiety in a Psychological and Sociopolitical Context
- Chapter 9 Conclusions
- Appendix Methodology of Our Studies and Samples
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, we describe the measures, samples, and methods used in our consiracy belief surveys, indicate survey items, establish measurement validity, describe our experiment on created consipracy beliefs, and specify our methods of analyzing social media.
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- Creating Conspiracy BeliefsHow Our Thoughts Are Shaped, pp. 11 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021