{"id":6621,"date":"2022-01-01T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=6621"},"modified":"2022-02-27T12:13:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T12:13:42","slug":"lecture-conspiracy-theories-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-jan-willem-van-prooijen","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/nl\/event\/lecture-conspiracy-theories-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-jan-willem-van-prooijen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture by Jan-Willem van Prooijen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Belief in conspiracy theories during a pandemic<\/span><\/b><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span>Jan-Willem van Prooijen (VU Amsterdam) &#8211; 15:30 CET<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><u><\/u>You can register by sending an email to: extremebeliefs.fgw@vu.nl\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Covid-19 pandemic has inspired many conspiracy theories, such as that the Sars-Cov-2 virus was developed by humans in the lab, that Covid-19 is caused by the radiation of 5G telecommunication networks, that governments have planned the pandemic to restrict people\u2019s freedom, and so on. The current presentation will address two questions. First, are Covid-19 conspiracy theories harmful or harmless? And second, why does this pandemic offer such fertile soil for conspiracy theories? As to the first question, results of various longitudinal studies indicate that conspiracy beliefs are not only correlated with a decrease in constructive health beliefs and behaviors (e.g., social distancing), but also predict a progressive decrease in constructive health beliefs and behaviors over time. Also, people use conspiracy theories to justify their anti-vaccination sentiments. As to the second question, I propose that the distress that many citizens experience during societal crisis situations shapes basic cognitive operations, hostile social perceptions, and extreme ideological beliefs, which all feed into conspiracy thinking. Results indicate links between conspiracy thinking and illusory pattern perception, perceived intergroup conflict, and ideological extremism. I conclude that conspiracy beliefs are a natural human response to societal crisis situations such as a pandemic, and that such beliefs undermine public health. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6622,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-6621","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lecture by Jan-Willem van Prooijen - Extreme Beliefs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/event\/lecture-conspiracy-theories-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-jan-willem-van-prooijen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lecture by Jan-Willem van Prooijen - Extreme Beliefs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Belief in conspiracy theories during a pandemic \u00a0Jan-Willem van Prooijen (VU Amsterdam) &#8211; 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