Exemplification Theory: Judging the Whole by Some of Its Parts

Media Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-94

  Zillmann, Dolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0042735422     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0101_5     Document Type: Article

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