Painfully aware: The effects of dissonance on attitudes toward factory farming

Anthrozoos

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-278

  Prunty, Jared ^a   Apple, Kevin J ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal attitudes; Cognitive dissonance; Factory farming; Hypocrisy induction; Moral disengagement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPITALISM; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84877346579     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303713X13636846944367     Document Type: Review

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