Emotion, Motivation, and the Persuasive Effects of Message Framing

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 682-700

  Yan, Changmin ^a   Dillard, James P ^b   Shen, Fuyuan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84865079624     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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