Pluralistic ignorance and the climate of opinion in a real-time disaster prediction

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 170-190

  Major, Ann Marie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031285983     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/9.2.170     Document Type: Article

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