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- Authors
- Wood, T., & Porter, E.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wood, Thomas
- Venue
- Political Behavior
- Published
- 2018-01-16
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 135-163
- ISSN
- 0190-9320 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6687
- OpenAlex
- W3126124149
- Cited by
- 904
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 90 · 2024: 127 · 2023: 91 · 2022: 146 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 124 · 2019: 96 · 2018: 31
- FWCI
- 138.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Political Behavior (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- The Cato Institute (ID0EMTAG524)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Keywords
- backfire effect, factual information, partisan attitudes, fact-checking, political polarization
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