Conspiracies and Emotions

• In Event: Punishing Politicians? Scandals, Conspiracies, and Moral Judgments

Brief Overview

Building on literature that shows threats and emotions such as anger activate populist attitudes, we propose to answer how and if conspiracism and populism relate to and influence each other, if at all, and the role emotions play in triggering both.

Authors

• Rachel Navarre, Bridgewater State University

• Matthew Henry Rhodes-Purdy, Clemson University

• Stephen Michael Utych, Boise State University