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Illusions of Knowledge: Media Exposure and Citizens’ Perceived Political Competence

International Journal of Communication, 2017
  Citizens’ willingness to participate in politics is contingent on not only factual political knowledge but their subjective perceptions of competence.
Mathias Weber, Christina Koehler
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The cognitive basis of paranormal, superstitious, magical and supernatural beliefs : The roles of core knowledge, intuitive and reflective thinking, and cognitive inhibition [PDF]

, 2013
This series of studies addresses the question of why some people believe in phenomena such as horoscopes, telepathy, and omens, while others find them utterly unbelievable.
Svedholm, Annika
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Predicting Agricultural Sciences Students’ Media Literacy in a Post-Truth Era

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
As more individuals turn to various forms of online media to seek information, misinformation and skepticism are on the rise when considering news media.
Abigail Durheim, Kasey Harmon , Taylor Ruth , Cara Lawson   +3 more
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What’s In It For Me? Why Narcissists Help Others [PDF]

, 2017
Grandiose and vulnerable narcissists are both self-absorbed and highly entitled, yet they can also exhibit prosocial behavior, helping others under some circumstances.
Italiano, Alessia
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Enhancing political trust through media diversity in post-pandemic China: policy insights for achieving sustainable development goals

Frontiers in Communication
IntroductionPolitical trust is essential for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the context of new media’s impact during health crises.
Ming Wei, Lingbo Fu, Chengyu Xiong, Hongpeng Fu   +3 more
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Design of Web Questionnaires: An Information Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories [PDF]

In this study we use an information-processing perspective to explore the impact of response scales on respondents answers in a web survey.This paper has four innovations compared to the existing literature: research is based on a different mode of ...
Das, J.W.M., Soest, A.H.O. van, Toepoel, V., Vis, C.M.   +3 more
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The Effect of Spoiler Types on Enjoyment [PDF]

, 2016
The belief that story spoilers are irksome is prevalent in society. However, prior research (Leavitt & Christenfeld, 2011, 2013) has found that spoilers increase enjoyment of short stories, while two follow-up studies (Johnson & Rosenbaum, 2015; Levine ...
Oad, Sussana
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What’s in it for Consumers: Does the Legal Assumption of ‘the Average Consumer’ Reading the List of Ingredients Actually Protect Consumers Against Misleading Food Packaging?

European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
The main assumption in legal decisions on misleading food packaging is that consumers read the list of ingredients when purchasing food products (CJEU Teekanne).
C.E. de Jager, Arie Dijkstra
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Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effect of Layout in Rating Scales [PDF]

This article shows that respondents gain meaning from visual cues in a web survey as well as from verbal cues (words).We manipulated the layout of a five point rating scale using verbal, graphical, numerical, and symbolic language. This paper extends the
Das, J.W.M., Soest, A.H.O. van, Toepoel, V.   +2 more
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TechNews digests: Jan - Nov 2009 [PDF]

, 2009
TechNews is a technology, news and analysis service aimed at anyone in the education sector keen to stay informed about technology developments, trends and issues. TechNews focuses on emerging technologies and other technology news.

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