Exemplification 2.0: Roles of direct and indirect social information in conveying health messages through social network sites

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-28

  Peter, Christina ^a   Rossmann, Constanze ^a   Keyling, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exemplification; Health communication; Social information; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896988422     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: 21512388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000103     Document Type: Article

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