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The entertainment value of conspiracy theories
Many citizens around the globe believe conspiracy theories. Why are conspiracy theories so appealing? Here, we propose that conspiracy theories elicit intense emotions independent of emotional valence. People therefore find conspiracy theories entertaining – that is, narratives that people perceive...
Autores principales: | van Prooijen, Jan‐Willem, Ligthart, Joline, Rosema, Sabine, Xu, Yang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9290699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34260744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12522 |
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