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The Indirect Threat of Misinformation to Democracy
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Mortenson, Chloe R
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Year and Degree
2021, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Communication.
Abstract
The most obvious threat of misinformation is that it misleads voters and undermines confidence in the media. However, the real danger to democracy that misinformation poses is not as obvious: most Americans do not believe the lies they see online. Instead, misinformation causes damage by undermining citizens’ confidence in democracy itself. This thesis focuses on the indirect effect of misinformation on democracy in two parts. First, whether believing others are influenced by misinformation strengthens the relationship between awareness of misinformation and perceived fairness of an election. Second, whether procedural justice, that is, the fairness of an electoral process, mediates the relationship between awareness of misinformation and satisfaction with democracy.
Committee
R. Kelly Garrett (Advisor)
Jason Coronel (Committee Member)
Pages
40 p.
Subject Headings
Communication
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Mass Communications
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Political Science
Keywords
misinformation
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democracy
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procedural justice
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third person effect
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indirect effect
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Mortenson, C. R. (2021).
The Indirect Threat of Misinformation to Democracy
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618840076810724
APA Style (7th edition)
Mortenson, Chloe.
The Indirect Threat of Misinformation to Democracy .
2021. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618840076810724.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Mortenson, Chloe. "The Indirect Threat of Misinformation to Democracy ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618840076810724
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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