How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics
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While scientific knowledge should be inherently apolitical, ideological contestation of science and of certain scientific topics is well-documented, however predominantly in the US. Trust in science is often eroded by conspiratorial narratives - be it general or targeted - resulting in less support for science-based policies. Across two studies with Serbian respondents, we explore how ideology and conspiratorial thinking predict attitudes towards science. In Study 1 (N=224), conspiracy mentality and belief in medical CTs predicted less trust in science, over and above right-wing ideology. In Study 2 (N=271), we sought to replicate this finding, but introduced social and economic conservatism, and attitudes towards contested science topics (climate change, biotechnology, GMO, and nuclear energy). Right-wing ideology, and social but not economic conservatism predicted general distrust in science; medical conspiracism, but not conspiracy mentality contributed over and above ideology. We ...observed a similar ideological pattern for prediction of specific science related attitudes; conspiratorial beliefs added to the prediction of attitudes towards climate change, GMO and nuclear energy, but not towards biotechnology. Despite some differences, it seems that conservative ideology, coupled with general conspiratorial tendencies and content-specific medical conspiratorial beliefs, hinder trust in science altogether, and, somewhat less, reflect in scientific controversies of the day.
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belief in conspiracy theories / ideology / political orientation / trust in science / attitudes towards scienceИзвор:
Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland, 2023Издавач:
- European Association for Social Psychology
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Petrović, Marija AU - Lukić, Petar AU - Ninković, Milica AU - Žeželj, Iris Lav PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5883 AB - While scientific knowledge should be inherently apolitical, ideological contestation of science and of certain scientific topics is well-documented, however predominantly in the US. Trust in science is often eroded by conspiratorial narratives - be it general or targeted - resulting in less support for science-based policies. Across two studies with Serbian respondents, we explore how ideology and conspiratorial thinking predict attitudes towards science. In Study 1 (N=224), conspiracy mentality and belief in medical CTs predicted less trust in science, over and above right-wing ideology. In Study 2 (N=271), we sought to replicate this finding, but introduced social and economic conservatism, and attitudes towards contested science topics (climate change, biotechnology, GMO, and nuclear energy). Right-wing ideology, and social but not economic conservatism predicted general distrust in science; medical conspiracism, but not conspiracy mentality contributed over and above ideology. We observed a similar ideological pattern for prediction of specific science related attitudes; conspiratorial beliefs added to the prediction of attitudes towards climate change, GMO and nuclear energy, but not towards biotechnology. Despite some differences, it seems that conservative ideology, coupled with general conspiratorial tendencies and content-specific medical conspiratorial beliefs, hinder trust in science altogether, and, somewhat less, reflect in scientific controversies of the day. PB - European Association for Social Psychology C3 - Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland T1 - How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883 ER -
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Petrović, M., Lukić, P., Ninković, M.,& Žeželj, I. L.. (2023). How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics. in Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland European Association for Social Psychology.. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883
Petrović M, Lukić P, Ninković M, Žeželj IL. How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics. in Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland. 2023;. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883 .
Petrović, Marija, Lukić, Petar, Ninković, Milica, Žeželj, Iris Lav, "How science gets politicized: The role of conspiratorial narratives in questioning science in general and dismissing contested scientific topics" in Belief in conspiracy theories: New insights and current challenges Preconference, 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland (2023), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5883 .