Alex Olshansky

PhD, science mis(dis)information, motivated cognition, pseudoscience + conspiracy theories

[SciManDan @SciManDan]

Brilliant chat with conspiracy psychological expert Alex Olshansky this week on The SciManDan Podcast. He actually went to the Flat Earth conference to speak with flat Earthers!

iTunes - https://t.co/EVfVtjwhkj
Spotify - https://t.co/GTdkYKVuOF
RSS Feed: https://t.co/lTtcw54UaC

[Politics&LifeSciences @PLSJournal]

Congratulations to @LandrumAR and @AlexOlshansky of @TTU_COMC for authoring @PLSJournal's most viewed article "The role of conspiracy mentality in denial of science and susceptibility to viral deception about science" for 2020-21:https://t.co/IuEScYtXY9 | @CUP_PoliSci #research

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

🚨 Check out our paper in @MediaPsychMEP on susceptibility to #FlatEarth arguments by @LandrumAR, @OthelloRichards, and myself. 🌎

[MediaPsychMEP @MediaPsychMEP]

What makes people susceptible to #FlatEarth arguments? A study by @LandrumAR @AlexOlshansky @OthelloRichards in Media Psychology’s #LatestIssue applies the DSMM model to explain the susceptibility to #MediaEffects on individuals watching flat Earth #YouTube videos. 🌍(1/5)

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

Mark your calendars! 👽 Oct 25 @ 3pm Central 👽https://t.co/mfB0pe2TUn

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

The Outpost Con is October 25th! Mark your calendars and come hear me talk about aliens! 👽
https://t.co/mfB0pe2TUn

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

Joe Rogan is posting about my lecture! 😯🤯

https://t.co/lOk0tuwb9s

[Joe Rogan @joerogan]

My post about deceptive filters was a part of a lecture today in Texas Tech. If you haven’t seen the post you can find it on my timeline. It’s a photo my daughter took of me and then turned me into a pretty girl. https://t.co/H1jfD45f1Y

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

@joerogan @joerogan That's my lecture! Thanks for bringing attention to how social media can manipulate minds! Thanks for the shout out!

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

@commscholar Thank you so much! This is helpful for my own research.

[Alex Olshansky @AlexOlshansky]

New paper w @LandrumAR and @peaslee_rob on converting to Flat Eartherism! #FlatEarth #scicomm @TTU_CoMC
https://t.co/inojnbZLw7

[Asheley R. Landrum @LandrumAR]

My new paper with Alex Olshansky on third person effects of #FlatEarth videos on @YouTube is available and open access! @CogitatioMaC #scicomm @TTU_CoMC https://t.co/nrfmdsphlU

[Cambridge University Press - Politics @CUP_PoliSci]

From @PLSJournal -

The role of conspiracy mentality in denial of science and susceptibility to viral deception about science - https://t.co/zSeyeKSSFc

- @LandrumAR & Alex Olshansky