Personal influence and the New Paradigm: Some inadvertent consequences

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 608, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-178

  Lang, Kurt ^a   Lang, Gladys Engel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept of mass; Interpersonal communication; Mass media effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749993284     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206292614     Document Type: Article

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