Here are the results from our on-campus survey. I found this to be fun and interesting. My favorite part was talking to people about the conspiracies that they believed. While I only recorded the ones we talked about as a class, I entertained people's opinions. I think a lot of people tend to say they believe in a conspiracy, but they don't with their full heart. People tend to say "well it just makes sense" and don't necessarily have the facts to back it up. I would love to do a survey like this again with short answers to see what people truly believe or to hear their rational. A survey like this is difficult because people have differing definitions of things like cheating, so it is hard to standardize answers. I would also like to see what wild conspiracies people truly "believe" in or will talk about when given the opportunity.
If I were to do this again, I would try to find a way to send this to people completely anonymously. People may feel a bit awkward saying the truth to a stranger on campus. While I didn't include them in this survey, I took the time to talk to some of my family and friends about these questions. I seemed to get more "realistic" results as I had less people say "Not sure" or related answers. I also got exposure to some crazy and funny conspiracy theories because I think they felt more comfortable sharing with me.
