Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: How Fact-Checking Influences Citizens’ Reactions to Negative Advertising

By Kim Fridkin, P. Kenney, Amanda Wintersieck. 2015

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The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs About Politics (2017, background): “); interpret facts in a beliefconsistent manner (Gaines et al. 2007); rationalize to maintain consistency with other beliefs they hold (Lauderdale 2016); and counter-argue corrective information (Nyhan and Reifler 2010). Finally, directional motivations may exacerbate the continued influence of fals”
Correcting Political and Consumer Misperceptions: The Effectiveness and Effects of Rating Scale Versus Contextual Correction Formats (2018, unknown): “This style of reporting has grown tremendously in the U.S. and overseas over the last decade, and especially since 2010 (Amazeen, 2013; Fridkin, Kenney & Wintersieck, 2015; Graves, Nyhan & Reifler, 2015; Kessler, 2014; Stencel, 2016).”
Fact-Checking: A Meta-Analysis of What Works and for Whom (2019, background): “1), whereas others show that “fact-checks influence people’s assessments of the accuracy, usefulness, and tone of negative political ads” (Fridkin et al., 2015).”