You are who you watch: Identification and transportation effects on temporary self-concept

Social Influence

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 272-288

  Sestir, Marc ^a   Green, Melanie C ^b  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Media; Self concept; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957885773     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2010.490672     Document Type: Article

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