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A Content Analysis of Arguing Behaviors: A Case Study of Romania as Compared to the United States

Ioana A. Cionea Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.Correspondence[email protected]
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Ana-Maria Hopârtean Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.
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Carrisa S. Hoelscher Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.
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Irina A. Ileş Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.
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Sara K. Straub Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.
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