Displacing Misinformation about Events: An Experimental Test of Causal Corrections

Journal of Experimental Political Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-93

  Nyhan, Brendan ^a   Reifler, Jason ^b  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corrections; Misinformation; misperceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010844305     PISSN: 20522630     EISSN: 20522649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/XPS.2014.22     Document Type: Article

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