The Prevalence, Consequence, and Remedy of Misinformation in Mass Media Systems

Journal of Communication

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 589-595

  Southwell, Brian G ^a,b,c   Thorson, Emily A ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84938054102     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12168     Document Type: Editorial

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