Network structure moderates intergroup differentiation of stereotyped rumors

Social Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 409-448

  DiFonzo, Nicholas ^a   Suls, Jerry ^b   Beckstead, Jason W ^c   Bourgeois, Martin J ^d   Homan, Christopher M ^a   Brougher, Samuel ^a,f   Younge, Andrew J ^a,g   Terpstra Schwab, Nicholas ^e,h  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f Curriculum Associates LLC   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84911363661     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2014.32.5.409     Document Type: Article

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