How do conspiratorial explanations differ from non-conspiratorial explanations? A content analysis of real-world online articles

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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000875821300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1002/ejsp.2903
eISSN
1099-0992
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ISSN
0046-2772
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Schlüsselwörter
  • conspiracy theories
  • content analysis
  • explanation
  • language
Paginierung
288 - 306
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Titel
How do conspiratorial explanations differ from non-conspiratorial explanations? A content analysis of real-world online articles
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
53

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Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The present research aims to identify unique characteristics of written conspiracy theories. In two pre‐registered quantitative human‐coded content analyses, we compared 36 pairs of conspiratorial and non‐conspiratorial online articles about various events. As predicted, conspiratorial articles—compared to non‐conspiratorial articles—contained less factual, more emotional and more threat‐related information. Also, we predicted and found that conspiratorial articles presented more argumentation against the opposing standpoint and that they provided explanations that were more dispositional and less falsifiable. Contrary to our predictions, we did not consistently observe that conspiratorial articles presented less argumentation for their own standpoint. Also, we did not find consistent support that conspiratorial articles provided less information about the specific process or more information about the underlying goals of the respective events, or that conspiratorial explanations attributed the events to a lesser extent to situational factors. We discuss the relevance of our findings for the understanding of conspiracy theories.</jats:p>
Autoren
DOI
10.1002/ejsp.2903
eISSN
1099-0992
ISSN
0046-2772
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
European Journal of Social Psychology
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2022
Paginierung
288 - 306
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Wiley
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2903
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
How do conspiratorial explanations differ from non‐conspiratorial explanations? A content analysis of real‐world online articles
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
53

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