Taking Fact-Checks Literally But Not Seriously? The Effects of Journalistic Fact-Checking on Factual Beliefs and Candidate Favorability
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عنوان ژورنال: Political Behavior
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0190-9320,1573-6687
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-019-09528-x