Are the tabloids always wrong or is that just what we think? Need for cognition and perceptions of articles in print media

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1984-2000

  Kaufman, Douglas Q ^b   Stasson, Mark F ^a   Hart, Jason W ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 22844455965     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00160.x     Document Type: Article

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