Understanding the third-person perception: Evidence from a meta-analysis

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-300

  Sun, Ye ^a   Pan, Zhongdang ^a   Shen, Lijiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELING; PERCEPTION;

EID: 47949122656     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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