How thinking style differences are associated with anti-immigrant conspiracy beliefs
In recent years, anti-immigration sentiment and conspiracy theories have become widespread across the U.S. and Europe.
In recent years, anti-immigration sentiment and conspiracy theories have become widespread across the U.S. and Europe.
Social Sciences
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At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 557 million workers were forced to work from home.
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Jul 26, 2023
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The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming. The cost of reducing climate pollution faster would be ...
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Jul 17, 2023
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Most of us still call them UFOs—unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term "unidentified anomalous phenomena," or UAP. Either way, every few years popular claims resurface that these things are not of our ...
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Jul 17, 2023
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New research has shown that having positive contact with people from diverse groups can reduce the development of harmful intergroup conspiracy beliefs.
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Jul 17, 2023
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People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to have antisemitic opinions than non-believers, new research shows.
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Jul 10, 2023
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Researchers at the Interactive Technologies Institute have conducted a study on hate speech targeting marginalized communities in YouTube comments. Cláudia Silva joined a research team led by Paula Carvalho (INESC-ID/IST), ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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In "Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories," Marcel Danesi Ph.D., a professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada, analyzes the speeches of dictators including Mussolini, Stalin, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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People can be prone to believe in conspiracy theories due to a combination of personality traits and motivations, including relying strongly on their intuition, feeling a sense of antagonism and superiority toward others, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2023
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Several polls in the past couple of years (including from Ipsos, YouGov and most recently Savanta on behalf of Kings College Policy Institute and the BBC) have been examining the kinds of conspiratorial beliefs people have. ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2023
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