The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 701-721

  Green, Melanie C ^a   Brock, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MORALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANECDOTES; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MORALS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; THINKING;

EID: 0034327921     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.5.701     Document Type: Article

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