Ideology, attitude change, and deliberation in small face-to-face groups

Political Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-46

  Gastil, John ^a   Black, Laura ^b   Moscovitz, Kara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Big Five personality factors; Decision making; Deliberation; Democracy; Ideology; Polarization; Public opinion; Small group communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949109921     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600701807836     Document Type: Article

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