The digital auteur: Branding identity on the Monsters, Inc. DVD

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-128

  Brookey, Robert Alan ^a   Westerfelhaus, Robert ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Auteur; Disney; DVD; Pixar

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444434412     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500076734     Document Type: Article

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