Political elites and the “War on Truth’’

Bräuninger, Thomas; Marinov, Nikolay

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104585

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“…1 The literature hints at two mechanisms by which CTs might affect politics. First, conspiratorial narratives could reduce the perceived accuracy of the information received by voters (Bräuninger and Marinov 2022). Conspiracies challenge mainstream beliefs and narratives and question their credibility.…”

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Trust Nobody: How Voters React to Conspiracy Theories

Invernizzi

Mohamed

2022

J Exp Polit Sci

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How does exposure to conspiracy theories affects voters’ political attitudes? Using an online experiment among US subjects, we show that exposure to conspiracy theories decreases voters’ trust in the domestic informational environment. Subjects were exposed to conspiracy theories that are entirely unrelated to American domestic politics, which further underscores such narratives’ danger. However, we fail to reject the null hypothesis that voters do not weigh unrelated conspiracies in their evaluation of politicians’ performance and domestic political institutions. Overall, our findings illustrate that an informational environment permeated by conspiracy theories could impede the functioning of democracy by eroding trust in information providers and undermining the credibility of political information.

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Trust Nobody: How Voters React to Conspiracy Theories

Invernizzi

Mohamed

2022

J Exp Polit Sci

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Hybrid Wars in the 21st Century

Stojanović¹

2022

Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence

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Today it would be difficult to define peace, as we witness that wars have many forms and aspects different from armed conflicts. Many modern wars, even if their actors do not want to call them that, are conflicts at other, even invisible or not totally discovered spheres (cyberspace, outer space, trade markets, etc.) with sophisticated, nonviolent (at classic meaning) methods. Hybrid war is from sociological, psychological, and security aspects, a totally different and complex form of violence and battle. The Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2014 is seen as a tipping point for more attention on hybrid wars and defense. Understanding, good concept of hybrid wars, and prepared defense explained how some of most powerful armies in the world loosed their battles against much weaker enemies. Still, distraction of hybrid threats requires deep understanding of mass and personal psychology, media, and culture.

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Political elites and the “War on Truth’’

Cited by 2 publications

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Trust Nobody: How Voters React to Conspiracy Theories

Trust Nobody: How Voters React to Conspiracy Theories

Hybrid Wars in the 21st Century

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