Correcting Political and Consumer Misperceptions: The Effectiveness and Effects of Rating Scale Versus Contextual Correction Formats

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 28-48

  Amazeen, Michelle A ^a   Thorson, Emily ^b   Muddiman, Ashley ^c   Graves, Lucas ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

fact checking; journalism; media effects; political communication

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTY POLITICS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85031508760     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699016678186     Document Type: Article

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