Effect of primary goal on secondary goal importance and message plan acceptability

Communication Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-525

  Meyer, Janet R ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Editing; Cognitive Models; Message Production; Primary Goal; Secondary Goal

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555164297     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970903260343     Document Type: Article

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