Exposure to conspiracy theories in the lab  

作　　者：Loukas Balafoutas Alexander Libman Vasileios Selamis Bjöorn Vollan 

机构地区：[1]Department of Public Finance,University of Innsbruck,Innsbruck,Austria [2]Institute of Sociology,Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,Munich,Germany [3]School of Business and Economics,University of Marburg,Marburg,Germany

出　　处：《Economic and Political Studies》2021年第1期90-112,共23页经济与政治研究（英文版）

基　　金：Bjöorn Vollan。

摘　　要：Conspiracy theories are widespread in the modern information era.Being exposed to conspiracy theories may affect behaviour,for example,by spreading mistrust among people and within organisations,even if it does not necessarily generate widespread beliefs in the conspiracy narrative.Our paper investigates the effect of exposure to conspiracy theories on strategic sophistication.We present evidence from a laboratory experiment,in which we prime half of our participants with exposure to a conspiracy theory.We find that such exposure leads to increased strategic sophistication.Using a causal mediation analysis we confirm that the effect on sophistication arises independently of whether people believe in the content or not.

关 键 词：Conspiracy theory k-level reasoning TRUST PRIMING 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]