Joseph Uscinski

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Joseph Uscinski is affiliated with the following schools: University of Arizona, University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, University of Miami

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Joseph Uscinski

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#2395

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#2812

Historical Rank

#1077

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Joseph Uscinski's Degrees

PhD Political Science University of Arizona
Masters Political Science University of Arizona

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According to Wikipedia, Joseph E. Uscinski is an American political scientist specializing in the study of conspiracy theories. His most notable work is American Conspiracy Theories co-authored with Joseph M. Parent. He is an associate professor at the University of Miami's Political Science department, and author of several academic publications. He has been made a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2020.

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Joseph Uscinski's Published Works

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Published Works

Understanding Conspiracy Theories (2019) (514)
American Conspiracy Theories (2014) (395)
Why do people believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories? (2020) (231)
What Drives Conspiratorial Beliefs? The Role of Informational Cues and Predispositions (2016) (230)
The Epistemology of Fact Checking (2013) (119)
The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences (2020) (102)
The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud (2017) (71)
Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them (2018) (70)
When Does the Public's Issue Agenda Affect the Media's Issue Agenda (and Vice-Versa)? Developing a Framework for Media-Public Influence (2009) (66)
What drives people to believe in Zika conspiracy theories? (2019) (59)
The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation (2021) (57)
What’s in a Name? Coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic Primary (2011) (51)
The partisan contours of conspiracy theory beliefs (2017) (47)
Climate Change Conspiracy Theories (2017) (44)
The Epistemology of Fact Checking (Is Still Naìve): Rejoinder to Amazeen (2015) (38)
American Politics in Two Dimensions: Partisan and Ideological Identities versus Anti‐Establishment Orientations (2021) (36)
The conditional effect of conspiracy thinking on attitudes toward climate change (2017) (33)
Personal Attributes and Latino Voting Behavior in Congress (2008) (30)
Are misinformation, antiscientific claims, and conspiracy theories for political extremists? (2021) (24)
Do conspiracy beliefs form a belief system? Examining the structure and organization of conspiracy beliefs (2021) (23)
Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? The Role of Informational Cues and Predispositions (2013) (21)
Congress and Foreign Policy: Congressional Action on the Darfur Genocide (2009) (20)
A generalization of Bayesian inference in the Dempster-Shafer belief theoretic framework (2016) (19)
Communicating to the Public in the Era of Conspiracy Theory (2019) (18)
Conspiracy Theories are for Losers (2011) (17)
The Limits of Medical Trust in Mitigating COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Black Americans (2021) (17)
Citizen Support for Domestic Drone Use and Regulation (2018) (17)
The People's News: Media, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism (2014) (16)
A Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory (2018) (16)
Who Supports QAnon? A Case Study in Political Extremism (2021) (15)
Down the Rabbit Hole We Go! (2018) (13)
Prior Experience Predicts Presidential Performance (2012) (12)
Have beliefs in conspiracy theories increased over time? (2022) (11)
The 2020 presidential election and beliefs about fraud: Continuity or change? (2021) (8)
The Role of Anti-Establishment Orientations During the Trump Presidency (2021) (8)
What’s a Dog Story Worth? (2014) (8)
Sociopolitical and psychological correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States during summer 2021 (2022) (8)
Cause and effect: On the antecedents and consequences of conspiracy theory beliefs (2022) (7)
Are Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories? (2022) (6)
Smith (and Jones) Go to Washington: Democracy and Vice-Presidential Selection (2012) (6)
PARTISANSHIP AS A SOURCE OF PRESIDENTIAL RANKINGS (2012) (6)
Public preferences for Zika policy and responsibility in the absence of partisan cues (2020) (5)
On the relationship between conspiracy theory beliefs, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy (2022) (5)
Who Likes Political Science?: Determinants of Senators' Votes on the Coburn Amendment (2010) (5)
The People's News (2014) (4)
Whistleblowing or leaking? Public opinion toward Assange, Manning, and Snowden (2020) (4)
Who are the Conspiracy Theorists (2015) (4)
On Modeling the Social-Psychological Foundations of Support for Donald Trump (2021) (3)
(Where) Do Campaigns Matter? The Impact of National Party Convention Location (2014) (3)
Administrative Burdens and Citizen Likelihood to Seek Local Public Services: The Case of Hurricane Shelters (2020) (3)
Does partisanship promote anti-democratic impulses? Evidence from a survey experiment (2020) (3)
The psychological and political correlates of conspiracy theory beliefs (2022) (3)
The impact of social desirability bias on conspiracy belief measurement across cultures (2022) (3)
Who are the Conspiracy Theorists? (2020) (2)
Too Close to Call? Uncertainty and Bias in Election‐Night Reporting* (2007) (2)
Determinants of Representatives' Votes on the Flake Amendment to End National Science Foundation Funding of Political Science Research (2013) (2)
What do conspiracy theories look like around the world (2018) (2)
The Economics of News Content (2007) (1)
When is “time’s up”? The influence of severity and costs/benefits on perceptions of whistleblowing (2022) (1)
The continued traction of Kennedy assassination theories shows that our predispositions towards believing in conspiracies are as strong as ever (2013) (1)
The Mediating Impact of Conspiracy Thinking on Climate Change Attitudes (2016) (1)
Conspiring for the Common Good (2014) (1)
If Trump’s rhetoric around conspiracy theories follows him to the White House, it could lead to the violation of rights on a massive scale (2016) (1)
What is a Conspiracy Theory and Why Does it Matter? (2022) (1)
Leaving home ain’t easy: Citizen compliance with local government hurricane evacuation orders (2020) (1)
America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform. By Victor Pickard. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 247p. $85.00 cloth, $29.99 paper. (2017) (1)
The Timing of Presidential Cinema (2009) (1)
Conspiracy Theories (2019) (1)
Supplementary materials to: Do conspiracy beliefs form a belief system? Examining the structure and organization of conspiracy beliefs (2021) (1)
Placing Conspiratorial Motives in Context: The Role of Predispositions and Threat, a Comment on Bost and Prunier (2013) (2014) (1)
Gendering the presidency without gender in the presidency (2012) (0)
Demands for Gratification (2014) (0)
What does Russia’s doping scandal tell us about the nature of political conspiracies? (2016) (0)
Conspiracy Theories for Journalists (2018) (0)
Why holding a presidential nominating convention in a swing state matters (2016) (0)
The Study of Conspiracy Theories [Special Issue] (2018) (0)
The ballpark extra innings: conspiracy theories and DonaldTrump (2016) (0)
How Anti-Social Personality Traits and Anti-Establishment Views Promote Beliefs in Election Fraud, QAnon, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation (2022) (0)
Are conspiracy theories “anti-science”? (2018) (0)
But Is It True (2014) (0)
What drives people to believe in Zika conspiracy theories? (2019) (0)
Dataset for: Do Conspiracy Beliefs form a Belief System? Examining the Structure and Organization of Conspiracy Beliefs (2021) (0)
Getting QAnon Wrong and Right (2022) (0)
Are Misinformation, Anti-scientific Claims, and Conspiracy Theories for Political Extremists? Forthcoming at Group Processes & Intergroup Relations special issue on Misinformation (2021) (0)
Conspiratorial Thought and the 2012 Election (2013) (0)
The Ages of Conspiracy (2014) (0)
Partisanship, history, and people’s predispositions for believing in conspiracies are fuelling fears about Ebola (2014) (0)
President Trump’s inaugural address: USAPP experts react (2017) (0)
Status Threat and Trump Support (2019) (0)
Conspiracy theorists helped the Parkland students keep gun control on the national agenda (2018) (0)
The Timing of Presidential Cinema n (2009) (0)
Where Can We Go (2014) (0)
How should we live with conspiracy theories (2018) (0)
Why are conspiracy theories popular? There’s more to it than paranoia. (2013) (0)
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era: The Promise and Failures of U.S. Open Government Laws. By Jason Ross Arnold. Lawrence, KA: University Press of Kansas, 2014. 560p. $39.95. (2015) (0)
A Theory of Conspiracy (2014) (0)
Testing the Media: Studying How Gender and Racial Biases Affect News Coverage (2008) (0)
Star wars and the executive branch (2016) (0)
Just like previous presidents, Donald Trump's political fortunes rise and fall with the economy (2018) (0)
How playing on conspiracy theories can be key to electoral success (2016) (0)
Informational Demands for News (2014) (0)
How 2016 has become the “conspiracy theory” election (2016) (0)
Latinos in Congress: The Impact of Descriptive Attributes on Substantive Representation (2006) (0)
Beliefs in conspiracies tend to accord with political attitudes, making it unlikely that any one conspiracy theory will be embraced by the country (2013) (0)
Balancing the presidential ticket may lead to unexpected – and unwanted – outcomes (2016) (0)
It is surprisingly difficult to convince voters of partisan conspiracy theories (2016) (0)
Down with Theory and Evidence? (2021) (0)
Mass Partisanship Predicts Coverage of Party Owned Issues (2011) (0)
Conspiracy Theories Aren't on the Rise (2020) (0)
On Modeling the Psychological Foundations of Support for Donald Trump (2020) (0)
Where Our Facts Come From (2014) (0)

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