Personality and Political Discussion

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 601-624

  Hibbing, Matthew V ^a   Ritchie, Melinda ^a   Anderson, Mary R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Personality; Political discussion; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355136824     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9147-4     Document Type: Article

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