Collected Item: “"The Coronavirus Conspiracy Boom" - The Atlantic Monthly”
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"The Coronavirus Conspiracy Boom" - The Atlantic Monthly
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The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated socioeconomic and political shock has created fertile grounds for the dissemination of conspiracy theories. In an article for the Atlantic Monthly, political scientists Joseph E. Uscinski and Adam M. Enders provide an overview of why conspiracy theories have developed and spread, and how they are being exacerbated by political polarization, groupthink, group identity, and misinformation. The authors also examine the different types of COVID-19 conspiracy theories, showing that certain kinds of conspiracy theories are associated with political identities and exacerbated by conspiratorial statements made by politicians.
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#conspiracy theory, #explanation, #sociology, #groupthink, #polarization, #conspiracy thinking
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/what-can-coronavirus-tell-us-about-conspiracy-theories/610894/
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Joseph E. Uscinski and Adam M. Enders
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2020-04-30