A social-interactional approach to the retention of collective memories of flashbulb events

Flashbulb Memories: New Issues and New Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 207-225

  Hirst, William ^a   Meksin, Robert ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84918903642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889930     Document Type: Chapter

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