Elevation in Response to Entertainment Portrayals of Moral Virtue

Human Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-378

  Oliver, Mary Beth ^a   Hartmann, Tilo ^b   Woolley, Julia K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84862607362     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2012.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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