Standpoint Explicitness and Persuasive Effect: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Effects of Varying Conclusion Articulation in Persuasive Messages

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  O'Keefe, Daniel J ^a  

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

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EID: 85111611982     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.1997.11978023     Document Type: Article

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