Tag: Conspiracy theories

Analyzing the prophylactic and therapeutic role of inoculation to facilitate resistance to conspiracy theory beliefs

The aim of this study is to determine if a broad-based inoculation message strategy will undermine thepersuasive influence of conspiracy theories. In this experiment, we (1) investigate individual…

Inoculation theory in the post-truth era

Amidst a worldwide “infodemic,” we contend that the study and application of inoculation theory has never been more relevant and exciting for social psychologists and communication scholars than…