How frames can undermine support for scientific adaptations: Politicization and the status-quo bias

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-26

  Bolsen, Toby ^a   Druckman, James N ^b   Cook, Fay Lomax ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84897376240     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nft044     Document Type: Article

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