How verbalizers and visualizers process the newspaper environment

Journal of Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 474-491

  Mendelson, Andrew L ^a   Thorson, Esther ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 4444257322     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/54.3.474     Document Type: Article

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