The Lies that Bind? Elite Cues and Moral Approval of Political Misinformation

• In Event: Effects of Expert and Elite Cues on Political Beliefs

Brief Overview

Using a series of online survey experiments, I examine whether, and to what extent, media coverage of misinformation impacts public beliefs about the prevalence and acceptability of elite misinformation.

Author

• Chloe Wittenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology