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Fear-Arousing Persuasive Messages
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(1984). Fear-Arousing Persuasive Messages. Annals of the International Communication Association: Vol. 8, Communication Yearbook 8, pp. 330-375.
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“Specifically, each prior meta-analysis has only tested theories relevant to the message portion of our framework, and thus was only able to address a limited set of questions pertaining to fear appeal effectiveness”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Boster, F. J., & Mongeau, P.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Venue
- Annals of the International Communication Association
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1984-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 330-375
- ISSN
- 2380-8977 (ISSN-L)
- 2380-8985
- OpenAlex
- W2475831412
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 33.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of the International Communication Association (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychology of Social Influence
- Keywords
- persuasive messages, fear appeals, persuasion
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