Persistence of belief change in the face of deception: The effect of factual stories revealed to be false

Media Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-331

  Green, Melanie C ^a   Donahue, John K ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 80052838190     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2011.598050     Document Type: Article

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