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 .p01 Ch 1 Why Study Conspiracy Theories?
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 .p67 [[https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2308 | Addicted to answers: Need for cognitive closure and the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs ]] 2017 May 24 Marta Marchlewska, Aleksandra Cichocka, Małgorzata Kossowska [[ https://kar.kent.ac.uk/61588/1/Marchlewska%20et%20al.%20Addicted%20to%20Answers%20FINAL.pdf | pdf ]]  .p67 [[https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2308 | Addicted to answers: Need for cognitive closure and the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs ]] 2017 [[ https://kar.kent.ac.uk/61588/1/Marchlewska%20et%20al.%20Addicted%20to%20Answers%20FINAL.pdf | pdf ]]
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  .delusional thinking, magical thinking, [[ | schizotypy]], and hallucination proneness predict conspiracy beliefs   .delusional thinking, magical thinking, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizotypy |schizotypy]], and hallucination proneness predict conspiracy beliefs
 .p71 Paranormal ideation supernatural ideation
 .p71 [[ https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/38621/overview | Neil Dagnall ]] [[ attachment:fpsyg-06-00206.pdf | Conspiracy Theory and Cognitive Style: a Worldview ]] Journal of Parapsychology
 .p71 [[ attachment:s00127-017-1354-4.pdf | The concomitants of conspiracy concerns ]] Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2017
 .p72 n27 [[ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean-Richey | Sean Richey ]] 2017 [[ attachment:PoliticsPolicy.2017.pdf | A Birther and a Truther: The Influence of the Authoritarian Personality on Conspiracy Beliefs ]]
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 .p79 The Politics of Conspiracy Theories
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 .p80 n3 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_Benjamin | Medea Benjamin ]] 2017 [[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/america-dropped-26171-bombs-2016-obama-legacy | America Dropped 26,171 Bombs in 2016 ]]
 .p81 n5 [[ https://intelligentrelations.com/journalist/joel-rosenblatt/ | Joel Rosenblatt ]] 2018 [[ https://www.thelawyermag.com/nz/news/general/objectionable-statement-from-lawyer-may-have-cost-289-million/209968#:~:text=In%20trying%20to%20secure%20the%20highest%20possible,warned%20him%20about%20the%20comment%2C%20but%20he | Champagne Remark May Cost Lawyer $289 Million Bayer Award ]] (title of Bloomberg paywall article)
 .p83 '''White replacement theory:''' corporations and governments conspire to replace whites with inexpensive foreign workers
  . Widely believed in Europe, 50% in France
 .p86 Masonic square and compass image, the "G" in the center stands for Geometry (precision) and also God or "Grand Architect of the Universe". Freemasonry is non-denominational, but a belief in a supreme being is a requirement to join.
 .p87 media messages have strong effects, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic_needle_model | hypodermic needle theory]]
 .p89 Facebook "polarized users" of "conspiracy pages" comment and "like more often
  .n38 [[ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118093 | Bessi et.al. 2015 ]]
 .p92 n55 Many political left don't accept that they also believe conspiracy theories, then argue the definition of conspiracy theory
  . PR Bost in ''Conspiracy theories and the people who believe them'' 2019 (edited by Joseph E. Uscinski)
 .p94 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Lowry | Rich Lowry ]] 2015 [[ https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/10/bernie-sanders-rigged-economy-billionaire-class-theory/ | Bernie’s Conspiracy Theory ]]
 .p94 no legitimate economics or politics textbooks treat the "one percent theory" (Sanders, the left) as fact
 .p94 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dahl | Robert A. Dahl ]] 2013 [[ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/critique-of-the-ruling-elite-model/379C7D0C5AD5D437F1A9178992B778F0 | A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model ]]

 .p96 n68 [[ | Sarah Ann Gordon ]] 1984 [[ https://search.worldcat.org/title/9946459 | Hitler, Germans, and the Jewish Question ]] PSU basement DS146.G4 G57 1984
  . 1984 History at Pace University in New York City
  . 1979 Student at SUNY Buffalo
 .p96 n72a [[ https://www.nytimes.com/by/jim-tankersley | Jim Tankersley ]] 2015 [[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/26/sorry-bernie-sanders-deodorant-isnt-starving-americas-children/ | Sorry, Bernie Sanders. Deodorant Isn't Starving America's Children ]]
 .p96 n72b [[ https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/ | Sam Frizell ]] 2016 [[ https://time.com/4249034/bernie-sanders-alternative-medicine-cancer/| Bernie Sanders' Long History With Alternative Medicine ]]
 .p97 n75a [[ https://www.stetson.edu/other/faculty/steven-smallpage.php | Smallpage, Enders, and Uscinski ]] 2019 [[ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321742263_The_partisan_contours_of_conspiracy_theory_beliefs#fullTextFileContent | The Partisan Contours of Conspiracy Theory Beliefs ]]
 .p97 n75b [[ https://people.miami.edu/profile/57401e2a0e2470d907c109152c70d4a5 | Casey Klofstad et. al. ]] 2019 [[ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0243-8| What Drives People to Believe in Zika Conspiracy Theories ]]
 .p98 quadrant map, dem-rep horizontal, high to low conspiracy thinking vertical
 .p99 hence most partisan conspiracy theories top out at 25%
 .p99 non partisan conspiracy theories higher, bundle of all Kennedy assassination theories 60% to 80%
 .p101 Trump 2016, 50% Dems believed Russian vote tampering
  .n89 [[ | Jack Edelson et. al. ]] [[ https://www.academia.edu/download/54649970/Voter_Fraud.pdf | The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud ]]





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 .p109 President Trump, the Internet, Conspiracy, and Conspiracy Theory
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 .p125 Conclusion
  • UscinskiConspiracy

Conspiracy Theories : a primer

Joseph E. Uschinski 2020 Tigard 001.9 USC


  • p01 Ch 1 Why Study Conspiracy Theories?



  • p21 Ch 2 What Is a Conspiracy Theory?



  • p47 Ch 3 The Popularity of Conspiracy and Anomalous Beliers



  • p65 The Psychology and Sociology of Conspiracy Theories



  • p79 The Politics of Conspiracy Theories



  • p109 President Trump, the Internet, Conspiracy, and Conspiracy Theory


  • p125 Conclusion

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