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The role of conflicting online reviews in consumers’ attitude ambivalence

冲突的在线评论在消费者态度矛盾中的作用

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Pages 1003-1030 | Received 22 Jul 2019, Accepted 21 Oct 2019, Published online: 04 Nov 2019

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