The use of message framing in the promotion of environmentally sustainable behaviors

Social Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 48-62

  Cheng, Tania ^a   Woon, Danielle Kathryn ^a   Lynes, Jennifer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 79958126251     PISSN: 15245004     EISSN: 15394093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15245004.2011.570859     Document Type: Review

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