Recognition and respect: A content analysis of prime-time television characters across three decades

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 527-544

  Signorielli, Nancy ^a   Bacue, Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033106519     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018883912900     Document Type: Article

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