Young female's images of motherhood in relation to television viewing

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 955-971

  Ex, Carine T G M ^a   Janssens, Jan M A M ^a   Korzilius, Hubert P L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION; TELEVISION;

EID: 0036961213     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.4.955     Document Type: Article

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