Fictional narratives cultivate just-world beliefs

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-83

  Appel, Markus ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 41049111614     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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