Petersen, Michael Bang

Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on Twitter

OSMUNDSEN, M., BOR, A., VAHLSTRUP, P. B., BECHMANN, A., & PETERSEN, M. B. (2021) · American Political Science Review

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 614

Crowding Out Culture: Scandinavians and Americans Agree on Social Welfare in the Face of Deservingness Cues

Aarøe, L., & Petersen, M. B. (2014) · The Journal of Politics

Social Policy and Reform StudiesElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 254

The “Need for Chaos” and Motivations to Share Hostile Political Rumors

PETERSEN, M. B., OSMUNDSEN, M., & ARCENEAUX, K. (2023) · American Political Science Review

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 194

Folk-economic beliefs: An evolutionary cognitive model

Boyer, P., & Petersen, M. B. (2018) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 137

Constituents of political cognition: Race, party politics, and the alliance detection system

Pietraszewski, D., Curry, O. S., Petersen, M. B., Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (2015) · Cognition

Social and Intergroup PsychologyElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 132

The Psychology of Online Political Hostility: A Comprehensive, Cross-National Test of the Mismatch Hypothesis

BOR, A., & PETERSEN, M. B. (2022) · American Political Science Review

Social Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 128

COVID lesson: trust the public with hard truths

Petersen, M. B. (2021) · Nature

Communication and COVID-19 ImpactRisk Perception and Management

Cited by 31

The Evolutionary Psychology of Conflict and the Functions of Falsehood

Petersen, M. B., Osmundsen, M., & Tooby, J. (2020)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 30