Can the media create public opinion? A social-identity approach

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 152-155

  Anastasio, Phyllis A ^a   Rose, Karen C ^b   Chapman, Judith ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In group favoritism; Media; Out group homogeneity; Routes of persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033212487     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00036     Document Type: Article

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