Ironic message production: How and why we produce ironic messages

Communication Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-410

  Averbeck, Joshua M ^a   Hample, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Influence; Irony; Message Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249090378     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750802512389     Document Type: Article

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