Does television viewing cultivate unrealistic expectations about marriage?

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-263

  Segrin, Chris ^a   Nabi, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARRIAGE; MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036086878     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.2.247     Document Type: Article

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