Attitude accessibility: Theory, methods, and future directions

Communication and Social Cognition: Theories and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 351-376

  Arpan, Laura ^a   Rhodes, Nancy ^b   Roskos Ewoldsen, David R ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936313     Document Type: Chapter

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