Simulation, rhetoric, and policy making

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-527

  Thorngate, Warren ^a   Tavakoli, Mahin ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Attitude change; Belief change; Beliefs; Policy; Policy change; Policy making; Rhetoric; Simulation; Simulation influence; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749095713     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108330539     Document Type: Article

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