Emotion, Presidential Communication, and Traumatic News: Processing the World Trade Center Attacks

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 76-96

  Bucy, Erik P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional responses; Presidential communication; September 11; Terrorism; Traumatic news; World Trade Center attacks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141704175     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X03256801     Document Type: Article

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