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Participatory conspiracy culture: Believing, doubting and playing with conspiracy theories on Reddit

Overview of attention for article published in Convergence, June 2023
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#18 of 800)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
twitter
116 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

Citations

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1 Dimensions

Readers on

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13 Mendeley
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Title
Participatory conspiracy culture: Believing, doubting and playing with conspiracy theories on Reddit
Published in
Convergence, June 2023
DOI 10.1177/13548565231178914
Authors

Lars de Wildt, Stef Aupers

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 13 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 13 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 5 38%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 15%
Researcher 1 8%
Lecturer 1 8%
Student > Master 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 5 38%
Social Sciences 4 31%
Arts and Humanities 1 8%
Unknown 3 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 89. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 March 2024.
All research outputs
#481,632
of 25,481,734 outputs
Outputs from Convergence
#18
of 800 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,284
of 388,583 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Convergence
#2
of 32 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,481,734 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 800 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 388,583 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 32 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.