Enjoyment: At the heart of media entertainment

Communication Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-408

  Vorderer, Peter ^a,b   Klimmt, Christoph ^c   Ritterfeld, Ute ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEDIA INDUSTRY;

EID: 10244250305     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2004.tb00321.x     Document Type: Article

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