Narrative persuasion

The SAGE Handbook of Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 200-219

  Bilandzic, Helena ^a   Busselle, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452218410.n13     Document Type: Chapter

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