Narrative Health Communication and Behavior Change: The Influence of Exemplars in the News on Intention to Quit Smoking

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 473-492

  Kim, Hyun Suk ^a   Bigman, Cabral A ^a   Leader, Amy E ^b   Lerman, Caryn ^c   Cappella, Joseph N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

EID: 84861958651     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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