History GCSE
Credibility gap
What Credibility gap means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Credibility gap
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The gap created when media reports contradicted the government's optimistic reports, eroding public trust and galvanising the anti-war movement.
Topics that use Credibility gap
- Option 33: Key topic 4: Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964–75 - 1 Opposition to the war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Anti-war movement
- Draft system
- Media influence
- Military leadership and accountability
- Public opinion and polarisation
- Social polarisation
- Student movement
- Television war
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