What motivates a conspiracy theory? Birther beliefs, partisanship, liberal-conservative ideology, and anti-Black attitudes

2014/10/09 by Josh Pasek, Tobias H. Stark, Tobias Stark +2 · 117 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Academic Freedom and Politics #Birth certificate #Demography #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Epistemology #Ideology #Law #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Skepticism #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2014.09.009

published in Electoral Studies 40, 482-489 (Elsevier BV)

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