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ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2022

Processes of persuasion and social influence in conspiracy beliefs.

Dolores Albarracín

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Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Health Communication and Behavioral Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Dolores AlbarracínUniversity of Pennsylvania, PA, USA. Electronic address: dalba@upenn.edu.

Funding

Digital, Community-Led, Social Action Initiative to Reduce Opioid Vulnerability and HIV/HCV in Rural Areas of the Midwest and AppalachiaDP1DA048570 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2019 to 2023
$4.0M
Mining Social Media Messages for HIV Testing and Prevention CommunicationR01MH114847 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
Development and validation of regional models of HIV vulnerabilities and solutionsR01AI147487 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2019 to 2022
$2.4M
Efficacy and Effectiveness of Multi-Behavior Interventions Relevant to HIVR01MH094241 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
Behavior Change Theory to HIV PreventionK02MH075616 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI ALBARRACIN, DOLORES · 2005 to 2009
$641k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147487NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA048570NIMH NIH HHS K02 MH075616NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH094241NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH114847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

If conspiracy beliefs were an individual process, no conspiracy theory would be alike. Instead, these beliefs are promoted by individuals or social groups through the media or informal channels of communication, leading to identical beliefs being espoused by different people and social groups. This paper reviews the role of the social influence as a basis for conspiracy beliefs and describes the role of legacy media, discussions with others, and social media, as well as the underlying informational and normative mechanisms. The role of trust is also considered, including how trust in science can increase vulnerability to conspiracy theories by opening audiences up to the influence of pseudo-scientists. Mitigating the impact of these influences will require research attention to processes that go beyond correction, elucidating the interpersonal consequences of corrections within contemporary information wars.

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Persuasive CommunicationSocial MediaCommunicationHumansTrustConspiracy beliefMediaSocial influenceSocial media

Identifiers

PMID36215908
PMCPMC12395007

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