Cross-cultural differences in sexual advertising content in a transnational women's magazine

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 371-383

  Nelson, Michelle R ^a   Paek, Hye Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Gender; Global media; International advertising; Nudity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644507980     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-6760-5     Document Type: Article

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