Conspiracy theories used to be confined to the fringes of society – now they’re far more widespread... DO YOU think the moon-landings were faked, the earth is flat or that the Government are keeping ...

It is a common situation: At a family party, an uncle or cousin starts talking about some wild conspiracy theory they picked up on an online chat group. Other family members roll their eyes, thinking, ...

What makes a conspiracy theorist? Is it poor education, an overactive imagination, a tinfoil hat? According to one recent study, it isn’t any of that stuff, but instead something psychologically ...

Some political worldviews are based on a philosophy, or at least on certain economic or social principles. Communist governments try to enact the principles of state ownership and a classless society.

The field of media psychology has increasingly focused on the complex interplay between individual characteristics and digital ecosystem structures in ...