Writing with pictures: Toward a unifying theory of consumer response to images

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-356

  Scott, Linda M ^a,b   Vargas, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

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EID: 35348890719     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519145     Document Type: Article

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