Undermining the Corrective Effects of Media-Based Political Fact Checking? The Role of Contextual Cues and Naïve Theory

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 617-637

  Garrett, R Kelly ^a   Nisbet, Erik C ^a   Lynch, Emily K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICS; TERRORISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881229702     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12038     Document Type: Article

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