Priming welfare queens and other stereotypes: The transference of media images into interpersonal contexts

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Monahan, Jennifer L ^a   Shtrulis, Irene ^a   Givens, Sonja Brown ^a  

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Author keywords

Communication behavior; Implicit perception; Media stereotypes; Person perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952686649     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036810500207014     Document Type: Article

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