Does Multitasking Increase or Decrease Persuasion? Effects of Multitasking on Comprehension and Counterarguing

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-587

  Jeong, Se Hoon ^a   Hwang, Yoori ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865083516     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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