Entertainment-education and social change: An analysis of parasocial interaction, social learning, collective efficacy, and paradoxical communication

Journal of Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 31-55

  Papa, M J ^a   Singhal, A ^a   Law, S ^a   Pant, S ^a   Sood, S ^b   Rogers, E M ^c   Shefner Rogers, C L ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 0034367666     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02862.x     Document Type: Article

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