Presidential debate viewing and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11: A study of affect-as-transfer and passionate reasoning

Media Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-694

  Holbert, R Lance ^a   Hansen, Glenn J ^b   Caplan, Scott E ^a   Mortensen, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 34547248499     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260701283285     Document Type: Article

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