Rumors and Health Care Reform: Experiments in Political Misinformation

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 241-262

  Berinsky, Adam J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84931459691     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123415000186     Document Type: Article

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