期刊
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
卷 80, 期 4, 页码 1400-1404出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/698663
关键词
conspiracy theory; misperception; Middle East; North Africa; control; motivated reasoning
资金
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College
Misperceptions and conspiracy theories about foreign powers and religious and ethnic groups can inflame intergroup conflict and distort public opinion, especially in divided and contentious regions like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Why do people acquire and maintain these false or unsupported beliefs? This study reports the results of a novel survey experiment examining conspiracy beliefs in the MENA region. We find that belief in conspiracy theories about the West, Jews, and Israel is widespread and strongly associated with generalized anti-Western and anti-Jewish attitudes, especially among individuals with high political knowledge. However, both experimental and observational data indicate that these beliefs do not appear to be the result of feelings of powerlessnessour findings provide little support for the hypothesis that a lack of control makes people more vulnerable to conspiracy theories.
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