Emotions, Identity, and the Limits of Corrections: A Political Psychology of Misinformation Persistence in American Public Opinion

• In Event: Misinformation, Emotion, and Identity

Brief Overview

Examines how emotion and identity interact to shape resistance to factual corrections. Synthesizes survey and experimental evidence to explain when anger, threat, and partisan strength sustain misinformation in U.S. politics.

Author

• Rafia Nishan Nishan Abbasi, Coastal Carolina University