Children's sex-stereotyped self-socialization through selective exposure to entertainment: Cross-cultural experiments in Germany, China, and the United States

Journal of Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-138

  Knobloch, Silvia ^a   Callison, Coy ^b   Chen, Lei ^c   Fritzsche, Annett ^d   Zillmann, Dolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 16344366552     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/55.1.122     Document Type: Article

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