Populists and adherents of conspiracy theories have something in common: According to a new publication by Isabel Thielmann and Benjamin Hilbig, both have a high tendency for distrust. To arrive at this finding, Isabel Thielmann ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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A new review of previously published studies on methods for reducing conspiracy beliefs has shown that most of these methods are ineffective, but that those focused on fostering critical thinking or an analytical mindset ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic was fertile ground for conspiracy theories and misinformation on Twitter, and Bill Gates was a frequent target. A new study, which analyzes well-known conspiracy theories about the role of Bill Gates ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
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Researchers from the University of Cambridge have analyzed more than 800,000 tweets and found that negative emotions expressed about geoengineering—the idea that the climate can be altered using technology—can easily ...
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2023
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Conspiracy theories aren't a new thing, and for as long as they've been around they've ranged from the benign to the absurd. From the six moon landings being faked to the Earth being flat, or our ruling class being lizards, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2023
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Urban planners are fending off abuse fuelled by conspiracy theories about their "15-minute city" regeneration projects which suspicious social media users claim are the road to "climate lockdowns".
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2023
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Maybe they came from China. Maybe from somewhere farther away. A lot farther away.
Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2023
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The name crops up all over the place, but many people have no real understanding of what QAnon is, or why an estimated 22% of Americans accept one of its core beliefs: that some kind of political "storm" is coming and that ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
Environment
Jan 31, 2023
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In the early pandemic, conspiracy theories that were shared the most on Twitter highlighted malicious purposes and secretive actions of supposed bad actors behind the crisis, according to an analysis of nearly 400,000 posts.
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2023
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