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Principal Research Associate in Basic and Applied Decision Making, Cambridge Judge Business School

Conspiracy theories: no panic!

June 22, 2023 by Magda Osman Leave a Comment

“What we see here is that rates of agreement haven’t fundamentally changed over time, apart for when it comes to climate change, and in this case views that it is a hoax have in fact dropped. This only goes to show that we need to be careful about any moral panic that is attributed to the internet, and especially social media activity making situations worse.”

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