# Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/does-the-platform-matter-social-media-and-covid-19-conspiracy-theory-beliefs-in/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Yannis Theocharis,Ana Sofía Cardenal,Soyeon Jin,Toril Aalberg,David Nicolas Hopmann,Jesper Strömbäck,Laia Castro,Frank Esser,Peter Van Aelst,Claes H. de Vreese,Nicoleta Corbu,Karolina Koç-Michalska,Jörg Matthes,Christian Schemer,Tamir Sheafer,Sergio Splendore,James Stanyer,Agnieszka Stępińska,Václav Štětka |
| Citations | 162 |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448211045666 |
| Fields | Computer Science,Social Sciences |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | hybrid |
| OA URL | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14614448211045666 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W3197617399 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2021 |

## Paper authors

- [Yannis Theocharis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/yannis-theocharis/)
- [Christian Schemer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/christian-schemer/)
- [Claes H. de Vreese](https://scholariq.org/researchers/claes-h-de-vreese/)
- [Jörg Matthes](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jorg-matthes/)

## Paper journal

- [New Media & Society](https://scholariq.org/journals/new-media-and-society/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Misinformation and Its Impacts](https://scholariq.org/topics/misinformation-and-its-impacts/)

## Paper topics

- [Misinformation and Its Impacts](https://scholariq.org/topics/misinformation-and-its-impacts/)
- [Social Media and Politics](https://scholariq.org/topics/social-media-and-politics/)
- [Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection](https://scholariq.org/topics/hate-speech-and-cyberbullying-detection/)

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