Audience perceptions of candidates’ appropriateness as a function of nonverbal behaviors displayed during televised political debates

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-236

  Seiter, John S ^a   Weger, Harry ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Debate; Impression management; Nonverbal behavior; Persuasion; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

EID: 16844366998     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.145.2.225-236     Document Type: Article

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