Effects of political framing and perceiver's social position on trait attributions of a terrorist/freedom fighter

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Montiel, Cristina Jayme ^a   Shah, Ashiq Ali ^b  

^a ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filipino Christians; Filipino Muslims; Framing effects; Freedom fighter; Malay Christians; Malay Muslims; Political communication; Positioning theory; Terrorist

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849086722     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X08317951     Document Type: Article

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