Helpful or harmful? How frequent repetition affects perceived statement credibility

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 993-1010

  Koch, Thomas ^a   Zerback, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897042488     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12063     Document Type: Article

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