The emotional broadcaster theory of social sharing

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-400

  Harber, Kent D ^a   Cohen, Dov J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Emotions; News; Social sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144512038     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X05281426     Document Type: Article

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