The Emotional Effects of News Frames on Information Processing and Opinion Formation

Communication Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 387-407

  Kühne, Rinaldo ^a   Schemer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

emotions; framing effects; persuasion; political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924994039     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650213514599     Document Type: Article

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