Topic-Relevant Reference Groups and Dimensions of Distance: Political Advertising and First- and Third-Person Effects

Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-255

  Meirick, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

First person effect; Reference groups; Self enhancement; Social distance; Third person effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642312666     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203261514     Document Type: Review

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