Implicit measures and media effects research: Challenges and opportunities

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-202

  Hefner, Dorothée ^a   Rothmund, Tobias ^b   Klimmt, Christoph ^a   Gollwitzer, Mario ^c  

^a Hanover University of Music Drama and Media   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 80052562514     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2011.597006     Document Type: Article

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