Truth Bias and Partisan Bias in Political Deception Detection

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 407-430

  Clementson, David E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deception detection; political news interview; social identity theory; truth default theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEPTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042346942     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X17744004     Document Type: Article

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