Not Just Asking Questions: Effects of Implicit and Explicit Conspiracy Information About Vaccines and Genetic Modification
dc.contributor.author | Lyons, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Merola, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Reifler, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-18T12:09:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-10-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | While conspiracy ideation has attracted overdue attention from social scientists in recent years, little work focuses on how different pro-conspiracy messages affect the take-up of conspiracy beliefs. In this study, we compare the effect of explicit and implicit conspiracy cues on the adoption of conspiracy beliefs. We also examine whether corrective information can undo conspiracy cues, and whether there are differences in the effectiveness of corrective information based on whether a respondent received an explicit or implicit conspiracy cue. We examine these questions using a real-world but low-salience conspiracy theory concerning Zika, GM mosquitoes, and vaccines. Using a preregistered experiment (N = 1018: https://osf.io/hj2pw/), we find that both explicit and implicit conspiracy cues increase conspiracy beliefs, but in both cases corrections are generally effective. We also find reception of an explicit conspiracy cue and its correction is conditional on feelings toward the media and pharmaceutical companies. Finally, we find that examining open-ended conspiracy belief items reveals similar patterns, but with a few key differences. These findings have implications for how news media cover controversial public health issues going forward. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Research Council | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 11 October 2018 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10410236.2018.1530526 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 682758 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/38018 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. | en_GB |
dc.title | Not Just Asking Questions: Effects of Implicit and Explicit Conspiracy Information About Vaccines and Genetic Modification | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-18T12:09:14Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1041-0236 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Health Communication | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-10-11 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2018-10-11 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-07-18T12:05:08Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-07-18T12:09:17Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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