Must-see TV or ESPN: Entertainment and sports media exposure and body-image distortion in college women

Journal of Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-21

  Bissell, Kimberly L ^a   Zhou, Peiqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 1642569215     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02610.x     Document Type: Article

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