Misinformation, disinformation, and violent conflict: From iraq and the "war on terror" to future threats to peace

American Psychologist

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 487-501

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,b   Stritzke, Werner G K ^a   Freund, Alexandra M ^c   Oberauer, Klaus ^a,c   Krueger, Joachim I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

" climate change; "War on terror; Debiasing; Misinformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; DECEPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR;

EID: 84887542962     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034515     Document Type: Article

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