On the measurement of conspiracy beliefs

Are so-called “birthers” best thought of as true conspiracy theorists, or are they merely partisans expressing a sharp dislike of Barack Obama? Recent work on conspiracy beliefs finds that “birthers” are the product of partisan and ideological motivated reasoning. In this manuscript, we explore how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adam M. Enders, Steven M. Smallpage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018763596