The Elusive Backfire Effect: Mass Attitudes' Steadfast Factual Adherence

Published: Jan 1, 2016
Abstract
Can citizens heed factual information, even when such information challenges their partisan and ideological attachments? The “backfire effect,” described by Nyhan and Reifler (2010), says no: rather than simply ignoring factual information, presenting respondents with facts can compound their ignorance. In their study, conservatives presented with factual information about the absence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq became more convinced...
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Title
The Elusive Backfire Effect: Mass Attitudes' Steadfast Factual Adherence
Published Date
Jan 1, 2016
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