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Religious Freedom Backlash: Evidence from Public Opinion Experiments about Free Expression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2023

Andrew R. Lewis Open the ORCID record for Andrew R. Lewis [Opens in a new window]  and
Eric L. McDaniel
Andrew R. Lewis
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University of Cincinnati, USA
Eric L. McDaniel
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin, USA
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Freedom of Expression in an Age of Social Media, Misinformation, and Political Polarization
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 227 - 233
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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