Making them pay: Using the norm of honesty to generate costs for political lies

Recent literature finds that, although lies politicians spread to achieve partisan goals can be corrected, politicians who spread misinformation rarely pay a price for lying. We argue that the cost of lying should be greater when the norm of honesty is salient. Using three survey experiments that fe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Electoral studies 2021-02, Vol.69, p.102250, Article 102250
Hauptverfasser:	Croco, Sarah E., McDonald, Jared, Turitto, Candace
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Citizens Costs Electoral accountability Experiments Fictitious Honesty Legislatures Lying Misinformation Norms Partisanship Politicians Public opinion Truth
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