Experimentally Manipulating Loser Perceptions: Are Conspiracy Theories for Losers?

• In Event: Conspiracy Theories

Brief Overview

We report the results of an experiment that manipulates perceptions that one’s party is currently on the losing side in American politics and measures belief in conspiracy theories to test the hypothesis that conspiracy theories are for losers.

Authors

• Joanne M. Miller, University of Delaware

• Christina Farhart, Carleton College

• Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University-Fort Collins