Effects of Photographs in News-Magazine Reports on Issue Perception

Media Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-228

  Zillmann, Dolf ^a,d   Gibson, Rhonda ^b   Sargent, Stephanie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0038030665     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0103_2     Document Type: Article

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