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Why do people believe and spread misinformation?
In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog look at why people believe misinformation and conspiracy theories and what motivates grifters to spread them.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:09 How conspiracy research is done
4:22 Psychological motivations
7:13 Cognitive processes
8:09 Low critical thinking ability
8:46 Depressive symptoms
9:56 Demographics of misinformation believers
11:00 Making money from misinformation
Links to data:
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721417718261
Connecting the dots: Illusory pattern perception predicts belief in conspiracies and the supernatural
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.2331
Connecting the dots: how personal need for structure produces false consumer pattern perceptions
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-014-9332-z
Note on the Drawing Power of Crowds of Different Size
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232493453_Note_on_the_Drawing_Power_of_Crowds_of_Different_Size
Why Education Predicts Decreased Belief in Conspiracy Theories
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.3301
Maybe a free thinker but not a critical one: High conspiracy belief is associated with low critical thinking ability
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.3790
Looking under the tinfoil hat: Clarifying the personological and psychopathological correlates of conspiracy beliefs
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jopy.12588
Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejsp.2265
Association of Major Depressive Symptoms With Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among US Adults
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2788284
Substack generates at least $2.5 million in revenue from anti-vaccine newsletters per year
https://counterhate.com/blog/substack-generates-at-least-2-5-million-in-revenue-from-anti-vaccine-newsletters-per-year/
Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10070-w
COVID-19 Vaccine Misperceptions in a Community Sample of Adults Aged 18–49 Years in Australia
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/11/6883
Physician COVID-19 Vaccination Study (Final Report)
https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2021-06/physician-vaccination-study-topline-report.pdf
Substack generates at least $2.5 million in revenue from anti-vaccine newsletters per year
https://counterhate.com/blog/substack-generates-at-least-2-5-million-in-revenue-from-anti-vaccine-newsletters-per-year/
Network of right-wing health care providers is making millions off hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, hacked data reveals
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