Methodological considerations in pretrial publicity research: Is the medium the message?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 585-597

  Wilson, Jeffrey R ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLIC OPINION; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0031729025     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025743614951     Document Type: Article

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