Self-serving perceptions of terrorism among Israelis and Palestinians

Political Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 537-557

  Shamir, Jacob ^a   Shikaki, Khalil ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Palestinian Ctr Policy/Survey Res   (Palestine)

Author keywords

False consensus; Hostile media phenomenon; Israel; Palestinians; Social projection; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036708722     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00297     Document Type: Article

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