Specificity, imagery in writing: Testing the effects of “Show, Don't tell”

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 35-48

  Tankard, James ^a   Hendrickson, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of the Incarnate   (United States)

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EID: 85025842658     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953299601700105     Document Type: Article

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