Predicting Selection and Activity in Television Genre Viewing

Media Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-263

  Hawkins, Robert P ^a,b   Pingree, Suzanne ^b   Hitchon, Jacqueline ^b   Gorham, Bradley W ^c   Kannaovakun, Prathana ^d   Gilligan, Eileen ^e   Radler, Barry ^b   Kolbeins, Gudbjorg H ^f   Schmidt, Toni ^b  

^a Sch of Journalism and Mass Commun   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 0035566831     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0303_02     Document Type: Article

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