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Research Articles

Sourcing Dis/Information: How Swedish and Ukrainian Journalists Source, Verify, and Mediate Journalistic Truth During the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

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Pages 1111-1130 | Received 09 May 2022, Accepted 23 Mar 2023, Published online: 14 Jul 2023

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