Communication and terrorism: A terror management theory perspective

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Miller, Claude H ^a   Landau, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metathoery; Terror Management Theory; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960634373     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0882409052000343543     Document Type: Article

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