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The effects of heckling on speaker credibility and attitude change

Michael J. Beatty Assistant Professor in Speech Communication, Texas Christian University,
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Michael W. Kruger Doctoral candidate and teaching assistant in the Department of Psychology, University of Michigan,
Pages 46-50 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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