The influentials: Back to the concept of opinion leaders?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 267-279

  Weimann, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0000995745     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/269257     Document Type: Article

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