Robbie Sutton
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 Robbie Sutton  (academic) | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | NZ? | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington | |||||||||||
| Employer | Keele University | |||||||||||
| Title | Lecturer | |||||||||||
| Interests | • conspiracy theories • social convention • justice • COVID-19 | |||||||||||
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| February 2000 - October 2001 | |
| Employer | Massey University |
}}Professor Robbie M. Sutton is an academic with over 100 publications.[1] His research interests include "conspiracy theories".
Career
As of 2020, Sutton was Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent.
Research
Sutton who published on "conspiracy theories", sometimes with Karen Douglas.
Publications
- Worldviews and Well-being in Asia during COVID-19 outbreak - with Phatthanakit Chobthamkit and Alexander Scott English[2]
Quotes by Robbie Sutton
| 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 theories/Academic research/Projection | “conspiracy beliefs were found to be more prevalent among disadvantaged groups, who presumably have a stronger need to explain events beyond their control... conspiracy thinking reflects a “psychological need to explain events”, and may be sustained by willingness to impose implausible causal narratives on event sequences.” | 2018 | Suspicious binds: Conspiracy thinking and tenuous perceptions of causal connections between co-occurring and spuriously correlated events |
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