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Manisara Drew

School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Manisara Drew is a researcher in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Drew's work examines conspiracy theories, misinformation, and epistemically suspect beliefs, with research also addressing content analysis and reasoning processes underlying the acceptance or rejection of false or misleading claims.

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Content analysis of reasoning of believers and nonbelievers of misinformation and conspiracy theories

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Lazy or different? A quantitative content analysis of how believers and nonbelievers of misinformation reason

By Samuel G. Robson, Kate Faasse, Eliza-Rose Gordon, Samuel P. Jones, Manisara Drew, & Kristy A. Martire

October 9, 2024

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