Expectancies and Motivations to Attend an Informal Science Lecture Series
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Niveen AbiGhannam ∗ , LeeAnn Kahlor, Anthony Dudo, Ming-Ching Liang, Sonny Rosenthal and Jay L. Banner Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2015