The COVID‐19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories

BJ Dow, AL Johnson, CS Wang… - Social and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The study outlines a model for how the COVID‐19 pandemic has uniquely exacerbated the
propagation of conspiracy beliefs and subsequent harmful behaviors. The pandemic has led …

Sense of control and conspiracy perceptions: Generative directions on a well-worn path

BJ Dow, T Menon, CS Wang, JA Whitson - Current opinion in psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
We review recent research on the well-established relationship between sense of control
and conspiracy perceptions, identifying challenges and promising new directions. First, we …

Support for leaders who use conspiratorial rhetoric: The role of personal control and political identity

BJ Dow, CS Wang, JA Whitson - Journal of Experimental Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conspiracy theories have accrued around recent world events, and many of them have
been endorsed by leaders seeking to garner support. Drawing from compensatory control …

Mitigating and managing COVID-19 conspiratorial beliefs

BJ Dow, CS Wang, JA Whitson, Y Deng - BMJ leader, 2022 - bmjleader.bmj.com
Background/Aim Belief in COVID-19 related conspiracy theories is a widespread and
consequential problem that healthcare leaders need to confront. In this article, we draw on …