Partisan Fuel: How Identity-Congruent Misinformation Deepens Affective Polarization

• In Event: Misinformation, Emotion, and Identity

Brief Overview

This study examines how identity-congruent misinformation shapes affective polarization. Contrary to common expectations, certain forms of misinformation reduce partisan hostility by destabilizing belief confidence.

Author

• Joseph Ofori Acheampong, University of Illinois