‘I think youtube’s turning me into a flat earther’: Social media’s role in ex-conspiracy theorists entering and exiting anti-scientific communities

• Chanais Matthias,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Yael Benn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Ben Harkin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: b.harkin@mmu.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1446-9673

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