Misinformation and the currency of democratic citizenship

Journal of Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 790-816

  Kuklinski, James H ^a   Quirk, Paul J ^a   Jerit, Jennifer ^a   Schwieder, David ^a   Rich, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0034350107     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00033     Document Type: Article

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