A pitfall of new media? User controls exacerbate editing effects on memory

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 643-656

  Southwell, Brian G ^a   Lee, Mira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MEMORY;

EID: 10944269059     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100311     Document Type: Article

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