Results of numerous studies inversely link lower and less diverse media consumption with levels of education. Lower educated individuals are also shown to be more susceptible to believe in conspiracy theories than those with higher levels of education. At the same time results of other studies regarding media habits of conspiracy theorists show that their news consumption is more dependent on social networking sites and that they are more likely to avoid mainstream news sources. Because those results indirectly point to negative relation between number of news sources and higher levels of conspiracy beliefs I decided to test the strength of proposed relation on a convenience sample of 254 Slovene speaking participants, controlling for an effect of education. In addition to the main goal and purpose of the study I decided to test the potential differences in conspiracy ideation and number of news sources between groups of natural and social sciences college students (n = 60). Also, I wanted to examine direction and strength of potential link between those variables within the subsample. In line with some previous studies, results showed statistically significant negative correlation between conspiracy ideation and years of formal education. Analysis failed to show any significant correlation between the number of information sources and conspiracy beliefs. Conspiracy mentality was significantly more pronounced within the group of natural sciences students. Results discourage the potential use of diversity of information sources as a viable indicator of conspiracy ideation.
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