The influence of media coverage on responses to a hypothetical burglary scenario

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 631-657

  Jonathan, Tal ^a,b   Alison, Laurence J ^a   Long, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 33847767022     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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