How rumor begets rumor: Collective memory, ethnic conflict, and reproductive rumors in Cameroon

Rumor Mills: The Social Impact of Rumor and Legend

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 141-157

  Feldman Savelsberg, Pamela ^a   Ndonko, Flavien T ^b   Yang, Song ^c  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315128795-13     Document Type: Chapter

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