Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups.
This research experimentally examined the effects of exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories on prejudice and discrimination. Study 1 (N = 166) demonstrated that exposure to conspiracy theories concerning immigrants to Britain from the European Union (vs. anti‐conspiracy material or a control) ex...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 111; no. 1; pp. 17 - 36 |
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