Examining laughter functionality in jury deliberations

Small Group Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-407

  Keyton, Joann ^a   Beck, Stephenson J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group interaction; Jury; Laughter; Message function

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954844473     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496410366311     Document Type: Article

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