Explain what drives conspiratorial beliefs?

In a well-organized essay of no fewer than six paragraphs, explain one of the following theories regarding conspiracy theorists using your textbook(Republic of Lies by Anna Merlan) and up to three other sources from the SCC library, including databases:
Richard Hofstadter’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics”
or
Joseph Uscinski, Casey Klofstad, and Matthew D. Atkinson’s “What Drives Conspiratorial Beliefs? The Role of Informational Cues and Predispositions”
or
Michael J. Wood, Karen M. Douglas, and Robbie M. Sutton’s “Dead and Alive: Beliefs in Contradictory Conspiracy Theories”
or
Ted Goertzel’s “Belief in Conspiracy Theories”
or
jacob Heller’s “Rumors and Realities: Making Sense of HIV/AIDS Conspiracy Narratives and Contemporary Legends”
or
Dan Shewan’s “Conviction of Things Not Seen: The Uniquely American Myth of Satanic Cults”