Emotion and cognition in political information-processing

Journal of Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 48-65

  Way, Baldwin M ^a   Masters, Roger D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030501829     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1996.tb01488.x     Document Type: Article

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