Deconstructing Ally: Explaining viewers' interpretations of popular television

Media Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-277

  Cohen, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0036407620     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0403_03     Document Type: Article

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