Stimulating Upstream Engagement: An Experimental Study of Nanotechnology Information Seeking

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1191-1214

  Xenos, Michael A ^a   Becker, Amy B ^b   Anderson, Ashley A ^a   Brossard, Dominique ^a   Scheufele, Dietram A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861660313     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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