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− | As of 2020 Karen Douglas was working in the School of Psychology at the [[University of Kent]].<ref>https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/221/douglas-karen</ref> | + | As of 2020 Karen Douglas was working in the School of Psychology at the [[University of Kent]].<ref>https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/221/douglas-karen</ref> She is a member of [[Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories]] (COMPACT), where organized 4-day Training School for "the next generation of researchers", (eligible for a stipend of up to €1,000), where "the participants will have the opportunity to discuss their projects and plans with the group, and on an individual basis with the Trainers."<ref>https://conspiracytheories.eu/_wpx/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2nd-Training-School-COST-Action-COMPACT_Call-for-Applications.pdf</ref> |
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Member of | COMPACT - Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories |
Interests | conspiracy theories |
An academic interested in why people believe in "conspiracy theories" |
Professor Karen M. Douglas is an academic interested in "conspiracy theories". She has over 100 publications.[1] She has been widely cited by commercially-controlled media[2] on topics such as COVID-19. She reports that "Once people firmly believe in conspiracy theories, it is very difficult to convince them otherwise. At the moment, we don't know a great deal about what works."[3]
Career
As of 2020 Karen Douglas was working in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent.[4] She is a member of Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories (COMPACT), where organized 4-day Training School for "the next generation of researchers", (eligible for a stipend of up to €1,000), where "the participants will have the opportunity to discuss their projects and plans with the group, and on an individual basis with the Trainers."[5]
Interests
Douglas reports "My primary research focus is on beliefs in conspiracy theories. I am also interested in the social psychology of human communication, including the psychology of sexist language, and communication on the Internet."[6]
Quotes by Karen Douglas
Page | Quote | Date | Source |
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"Conspiracy theory/Academic research" | “Work in online misinformation details how alternative media intentionally fabricate conspiracy theories, spreading false allegations ranging from reptilian presidents to staged terrorist attacks” | June 2017 | Current Directions in Psychological Science https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317401748 The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories |
"Conspiracy theory/Academic research" | “history has repeatedly shown that corporate and political elites do conspire against public interests. Conspiracy theories play an important role in bringing their misdeeds into the light.” | June 2017 | Current Directions in Psychological Science https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317401748 The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories |
"Conspiracy theory/Academic research" | “they are emotional given that negative emotions and not rational deliberations cause conspiracy beliefs... One limitation... is that the field is lacking a solid theoretical framework that contextualizes previous findings, that enables novel predictions, and that suggests interventions to reduce the prevalence of conspiracy theories in society.” | 2018 | Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2530 |
Conspiracy belief | “belief in conspiracy theories is positively associated with intuitive rather than analytic thinking. Consistently, higher education predicts lower conspiracy beliefs, a finding that is partly mediated by a tendency among the less educated to attribute agency and intentionality where it does not exist, and stronger analytic thinking skills among the higher educated.” | 2018 | Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain |
Conspiracy theories/Academic research/Projection | “they are emotional given that negative emotions and not rational deliberations cause conspiracy beliefs; and they are social as conspiracy beliefs are closely associated with psychological motivations underlying intergroup conflict” | 2018 | Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain |
References
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen_Douglas4
- ↑ https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/221/douglas-karen
- ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-why-do-people-believe-conspiracy-theories-and-can-they-ever-be-convinced-not-to-11985334
- ↑ https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/221/douglas-karen
- ↑ https://conspiracytheories.eu/_wpx/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2nd-Training-School-COST-Action-COMPACT_Call-for-Applications.pdf
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen_Douglas4