Identification as a Mechanism of Narrative Persuasion

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 802-823

  de Graaf, Anneke ^a   Hoeken, Hans ^b   Sanders, José ^b   Beentjes, Johannes W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

identification; narrative engagement; narrative persuasion; perspective; transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865848006     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211408594     Document Type: Article

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