The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation

Overview of attention for article published in Political Behavior, July 2021

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Mentioned by

news: 43 news outlets
blogs: 2 blogs
twitter: 111 X users
wikipedia: 1 Wikipedia page

reddit: 9 Redditors
video: 2 YouTube creators
bluesky: 1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley: 308 Mendeley

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