An integrated model of communication influence on beliefs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 14088-14095

  Eveland Jr , William P ^a   Cooper, Kathryn E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

EID: 84887643116     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212742110     Document Type: Article

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