The Social Chemist Do Liberal Conspiracy Theories Exist in Contemporary Politics? w/ Ph.D. Benjamin Dow
Nov 16, 2022
01:03:29
On today's episode, Dr. Benjamin Dow, an academic researcher in the field of conspiratorial ideologies and professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), joins me to discuss conspiracy theories within politics and whether major left-wing conspiracy theories exist in the 2022 political arena. More importantly, we examine whether conspiracy theories can lead to political extremism and encapsulated psychosis.
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- How Did COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Get So Out of Control? (northwestern.edu)
- Support for leaders who use conspiratorial rhetoric: The role of personal control and political identity - ScienceDirect
- The COVID‐19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories - PMC (nih.gov)
- Sense of control and conspiracy perceptions: Generative directions on a well-worn path - ScienceDirect
- Mitigating and managing COVID-19 conspiratorial beliefs (bmj.com)
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