Bias amplification and bias unmasking

Political Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 307-323

  Middleton, Joel A ^a   Scott, Marc A ^b   Diakow, Ronli ^c   Hill, Jennifer L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84989244309     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpw015     Document Type: Article

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