Mass-media information campaigns and knowledge-gap effects

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 945-958

  Weenig, Mieneke W H ^a   Midden, Cees J H ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031150193     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb00280.x     Document Type: Article

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