Justification Explicitness and Persuasive Effect: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Effects of Varying Support Articulation in Persuasive Messages

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-75

  O'Keefe, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0141684192     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.1998.11951621     Document Type: Article

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