Values, framing, and citizens' thoughts about policy issues: Effects on content and quantity

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 929-948

  Brewer, Paul R ^a   Gross, Kimberly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterframing; Deliberation; Framing effects; Open ended survey responses; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444446202     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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