TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prooijen, Jan-Willem van.
TI  - Psychology of conspiracy theories
SN  - 9781138815230
U1  - 001.9PSY 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Conspiracy theories
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Conspiracy thinking? ? the search for explanations of significant global events in clandestine plots, suppressed knowledge and the secret actions of elite groups ? provides simple and logical answers to the social doubts and uncertainties that occur at times of major national and international crises. Contemporary social psychology seeks to explain the human motivation to create, share and receive conspiracy theories, and to shed light on the consequences of these theories for people?s social and political functioning
ER  -