Selection and Transmission Processes for Information in the Emerging Media Environment: Psychological Motives and Message Characteristics

Media Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 396-424

  Cappella, Joseph N ^a   Kim, Hyun Suk ^a   Albarracín, Dolores ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84942935633     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2014.941112     Document Type: Article

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