Expert uses Taylor Swift to blow up widely held opinion of conspiracy theorists

Americans who aggressively promote far-right conspiracy theories online are often stereotyped as older white males who live in red states, never attended college, and are avid followers of Alex Jones' Infowars or Steve Bannon's "War Room."

But according to Saverio Roscigno, a researcher at the University of California, Irvine, some of the most passionate conspiracy theorists are white-collar workers with advanced college degrees.

In a study titled "The Status Foundations of Conspiracy Beliefs," Roscigno writes...