Examining the Psychological Process Underlying the Sleeper Effect: The Elaboration Likelihood Model Explanation

Media Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-48

  Priester, Joseph ^a,e   Wegener, Duane ^b   Petty, Richard ^c   Fabrigar, Leandre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0345779080     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0101_3     Document Type: Article

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