Cognitive dissonance theory-a roller coaster career: How communication research adapted the theory of cognitive dissonance

Media Choice: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 128-148

  Donsbach, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84916972618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938652     Document Type: Chapter

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