The dissonant self: Contributions from dissonance theory to a new agenda for studying political communication

Communication Yearbook 36

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-44

  Donsbach, Wolfgang ^a   Mothes, Cornelia ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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