Black and white viewers' perception and recall of occupational characters on television

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 776-793

  Appiah, Osei ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RACIAL DISPARITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 0036960473     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.4.776     Document Type: Article

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