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Fact-checking Effects

Fact-Checking Effects is a scholarly construct within the field of voter persuasion research that denotes the measurable influence of corrective information and verification processes on voters' beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral intentions, distinguishing it from related persuasion mechanisms by its focus on the cognitive and affective responses elicited by the exposure to fact-checked content.

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445

Authors

236

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2017–2026

153

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Publications

170

The Implied Truth Effect: Attaching Warnings to a Subset of Fake News Headlines Increases Perceived Accuracy of Headlines Without Warnings

Gordon Pennycook, Adam Bear, Evan Collins et al. · Management Science · 2020 · 721 citations · Full text

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Fact-Checking: A Meta-Analysis of What Works and for Whom

Nathan Walter, Jonathan Cohen, R. Lance Holbert et al. · Political Communication · 2019 · 656 citations

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Belief Echoes: The Persistent Effects of Corrected Misinformation

Emily Thorson · Political Communication · 2015 · 623 citations · Full text

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Taking Fact-Checks Literally But Not Seriously? The Effects of Journalistic Fact-Checking on Factual Beliefs and Candidate Favorability

Brendan Nyhan, Ethan Porter, Jason Reifler et al. · Political Behavior · 2019 · 452 citations

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The Hazards of Correcting Myths About Health Care Reform

Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, Peter A. Ubel · Medical Care · 2012 · 390 citations

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Authors

445

  1. DG
    David G. Rand

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    11 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. BN
    Brendan Nyhan

    Dartmouth College, United States

    10 publications · 2K citations

    10

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  3. JR
    Jason Reifler

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.7K citations

    9

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  4. GP
    Gordon Pennycook

    University of Regina, Canada

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

    9

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  5. EP
    Ethan Porter

    George Washington University, United States

    8 publications · 969 citations

    8

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Institutions

236

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    3K citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of Regina

    Regina, Canada

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1K citations

  5. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    874 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 8 publications · 465 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 6 publications · 882 citations

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  3. Political Communication

    5 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Digital Journalism

    5 publications · 163 citations

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  5. Social Media + Society

    4 publications · 291 citations

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