James Ellroy’s American Tabloid: Conspiracy Theory and Chaos Theory by Isabelle Boof-Vermesse

Subjects: “…James Ellroy; spy novel; Kennedy assassination; history and fiction; conspiracy theory; chaos theory; fractals; unpredictability…”
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Measuring Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories: Developing the Turkish Conspiracy Mentality Scale (TCMS) by Nuh Akçakaya, Abdullah Koçak

“…Scales that claim to measure generic conspiracy beliefs are significant instruments for understanding people’s tendency to believe in specific conspiracy theories. Several studies have been conducted on conspiracy theories in Türkiye in recent years. …”
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Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study by Livio TARCHI, Francesco CHIRICO, Eleonora ROSSI, Emanuele CASSIOLI, Kavita BATRA, Pietro CRESCENZO, Amelia RIZZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA

“…Discussion: Belief in conspiracy theories was associated with individual, social, and psychological dimensions. …”
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Need for cognitive closure, political trust, and belief in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic by Alexander Jedinger, Lena Masch

“…IntroductionThis research examines the effect of individual differences in the need for cognitive closure and political trust on the endorsement of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. We hypothesize that individuals high in cognitive closure and low in political trust will seize on conspiracy accounts of the pandemic. …”
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The Covid-19 Era: An Examination of the 5G Conspiracy Theory and the Challenges of Educating Children in Nigeria by Kelechi Johnmary Ani

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The Interaction Between Critical Thinking, Education and Belief in Conspiracy Theories among Young People (Aged 25–30) by Gintarė Butvilauskaitė, Vita Mikuličiūtė

Subjects: “…conspiracy theories…”
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Ensemble Classifiers for Arabic Sentiment Analysis of Social Network (Twitter Data) towards COVID-19-Related Conspiracy Theories by Abdullah Al-Hashedi, Belal Al-Fuhaidi, Abdulqader M. Mohsen, Yousef Ali, Hasan Ali Gamal Al-Kaf, Wedad Al-Sorori, Naseebah Maqtary

“…With the emergence of COVID-19, most published studies related to COVID-19’s conspiracy theories were surveys on the people's sentiments and opinions and studied the impact of the pandemic on their lives. …”
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Is ChatGPT a friend or foe in the war on misinformation? by Burgert Senekal, Susan Brokensha

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Social Media, Conspiracy Beliefs, and COVID-19 Vaccines: A Survey Study of Emerging and Middle-Aged Adults in the United States by Gillianne R. Nugent, Dina Anselmi, Brian N. Chin

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COVID-19 CONSPIRACISM IN THE AGE OF POST-TRUTH by Ömer Ersin Kahraman

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The COVID-19 Infodemic: Misinformation About Health on Social Media in Istanbul by Serdar Tunçer, Mehmet Sinan Tam

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Pandemic or “Plandemic”?: The Mediating Role of Epistemic Justification Strategies in the Relationship Between COVID‐19 Conspiracy Beliefs and COVID‐19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs... by Ali Gökalp, Servet Üztemur, Po‐Ching Huang, Aslı Kartol, Hsin‐Chi Tsai, Erkan Dinç, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung‐Ying Lin

“…Results The results demonstrated a strong and statistically significant correlation between beliefs in COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and beliefs in COVID‐19 vaccination conspiracy theories. …”
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Pandemic Fictions: Covid-19 and the Cultures of Dystopia by Sean Mark

“…They have fuelled panic buying and conspiracy theories, and have informed public discourse and government rhetoric. …”
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Network Ripple Effects: How Twitter Deplatforming Flipped Authority Structure and Discourse of the Arizona Election Review Community by Michael Simeone, Steven R. Corman

“…Several significant changes are observed, including a drop in participation from accounts that were not deplatformed and a de-centralization of the Twitter network. Conspiracy theories remain in the discourse, but their themes become more diffuse, and their calls to action more abstract. …”
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INFORMATION AND REALITY (PROBLEMS OF SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS) by Олександр МИХАЙЛЮК, Вікторія ВЕРШИНА

“…These are fakes and disinformation, rumors and conspiracy theories, as well as literature and art that exist as an imitation of reality. …”
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Systematic Review of Fake News, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Examining Authors, Content, and Social Impact Through Machine Learning by Darius Plikynas, Ieva Rizgeliene, Grazina Korvel

“…Ad hoc malicious social media accounts and organized networks of trolls and bots target countries, societies, social groups, political campaigns and individuals. As a result, conspiracy theories, echo chambers, filter bubbles and other processes of fragmentation and marginalization are polarizing, radicalizing, and disintegrating society in terms of coherent politics, governance, and social networks of trust and cooperation. …”
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The mental health impact of COVID-19: the need for community interventions and collaboration for recovery by Nadarajah Rajeshkannan, Daya Somasundaram, Balachandran Kumarendran, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Ivan Dinesh Aloysius, Nalayini Sugirthan, Sivanantham Sasikumar, Nalayini Jegathesan

“…At the community level, there were signs of collective (mass) hysteria from panic buying to conspiracy theories, public shaming, fake news, and disinformation spreading on social media and mass protests. …”
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What made people (more) positive toward the COVID-19 vaccine? Exploring positive and negative deviance perspectives by Mitchell A. M. Matthijssen, Mariëlle Cloin, Florian van Leeuwen, Ien van de Goor, Peter Achterberg

“…., religiosity and belief in conspiracy theories) with non-vaccination behavior, some individuals who hold these views still choose vaccination, and vice versa. …”
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Stratégies de légitimation et construction de l’autorité dans les discours vaccino-sceptiques et complotistes aux États-Unis. La mise en saillance comme outil de maximisation de l’... by Damien Lenoir

“…This article seeks to show how some syntactical, grammatical or lexical salience strategies work to enable the speaker, in vaccine-hesitant or conspiracy theory contexts, to legitimize their discourses and strengthen their authority as a reliable speaker in order to maximize the audience’s agreement with the theory. …”
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POLITICS OF IDENTITY AND ITS CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA by Shuaib Olarewaju Moyosore

“…To this end, the conspiracy theory was adopted for this article. The research methodology consists of analysis and synthesis of secondary sources such as diverse literatures as well as primary source derived from discussions with some Nigerians. …”
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