Beyond Rationality: The Role of Anger and Information in Deliberation

Communication Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-24

  Kim, Nuri ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; argument repertoire; deliberation; emotion; information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953287716     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650213510943     Document Type: Article

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