Conspiracy theories proliferate online. We provide an overview of information consumption
patterns related to conspiracy content on four mainstream social media platforms (Facebook …

Introduction While the study of conspiracy theory beliefs is a relatively new research area,
there has been a rise in academic interest in recent years. The literature provides evidence …

Predicting the popularity of User Generated Content (UGC) is a subject of interest to the
Internet service providers, content makers, social media researchers, and online advertisers …

Misinformation and hate speech are prevalent issues in social media research, as well as
the rise of far-right extremists, white supremacists, and conspiracy theorists. In response to …

Web search engines are important online information intermediaries that are frequently used
and highly trusted by the public despite multiple evidence of their outputs being subjected to …

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the video-sharing platform
YouTube has been serving as an essential instrument to widely distribute news related to …

Consuming conspiracy theories erodes trust in democratic institutions, while conspiracy
beliefs demotivate democratic participation, posing a potential threat to democracy. The …

Anchored by the extended Cognitive Mediation Model (CMM), this study relies on a survey
sample from China (N= 1333) to examine the relationship between social media incidental …

Extant research remains relatively silent on the polarizing attitudes stemming from large-
scale conflict events, such as trade wars. Information cocoons, which highlight unilateral …

Since the 2016 US Presidential Election, extreme right-wing communities have gained
extensive popularity on YouTube, spreading discourses of white supremacy and conspiracy …