Does truth matter to voters? The effects of correcting political misinformation in an Australian sample

In the 'post-truth era', political fact-checking has become an issue of considerable significance. A recent study in the context of the 2016 US election found that fact-checks of statements by Donald Trump changed participants' beliefs about those statements-regardless of whether part...

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Main Authors: Aird, Michael J., Ecker, Ullrich K. H., Lewandowsky, Stephan, Swire-Thompson, Briony, Berinsky, Adam
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Published: Royal Society 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120806
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7827-9396

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