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The authors urge research attention to a neglected aspect of communication —namely, the relationship between source and receiver. In the present article, they advance a number of propositions about the effects on communication of similarity or difference between a communicator and the recipient of his message, summarize research bearing on these propositions, and point to needs for further investigation.
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Rogers et al. (1970) studied this question.
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