The Elusive Backfire Effect: Mass Attitudes’ Steadfast Factual Adherence
2018/01/16 by Thomas Wood, Ethan Porter · 52 citations
Social Sciences · Neuroscience · #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
paper · doi:10.1007/s11109-018-9443-y
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