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The Elusive Backfire Effect: Mass Attitudes’ Steadfast Factual Adherence
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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
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- FWCI
- 138.18
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- Language
- en
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- green
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- 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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