Inoculating against pro-plagiarism justifications: Rational and affective strategies

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-119

  Compton, Josh ^a,b   Pfau, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Wheeler Science Facility   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Plagiarism; Resistance to influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349179862     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880701799329     Document Type: Article

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