False Alarm: The Truth about Political Mistruths in the Trump Era

by Thomas J Wood, Ethan Porter, Thomas J. Wood

Americans are not invulnerable to factual information. They do not 'backfire'; facts do not make them less accurate. Instead, they become more accurate, even when corrections target co-partisans. Corrections of fake news yield similar results. Among Republicans, Trump's misstatements are less susceptible to corrections than identical misstatements attributed to other Republicans. While we do not observe facts affecting attitudes, multiple instances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108705928
• ISBN13: 9781108705929
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"