Fighting Fake News and Post-Truth Politics with Behavioral Science: The Pro-Truth Pledge
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavior and Social Issues
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1064-9506,2376-6786
DOI: 10.5210/bsi.v27i0.9127