"Actually, I Don't Eat Meat": A Multiple-Goals Perspective of Communication About Vegetarianism

Communication Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-420

  Romo, Lynsey Kluever ^a   Donovan Kicken, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Multiple Goals; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865018085     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2011.623752     Document Type: Article

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