Perceived Versus Actual Disagreement: Which Influences Deliberative Experiences?

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-436

  Wojcieszak, Magdalena E ^a   Price, Vincent ^b  

^a IE UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84861943552     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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