Displacing Misinformation about Events: An Experimental Test of Causal Corrections

Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler · 2015

Four-condition, block-randomized online survey experiment (YouGov, Oct 13-16, 2012): dispatches about a fictional senator's resignation; control, innuendo, denial, causal correction; outcomes favorability, belief in bribery, belief in an investigation.

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