Soft-core in TV time: The political economy of a "cultural trend"

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-320

  Mayer, Vicki ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 219 Newcomb Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Infomercial; Sex; Soft Core Pornography; Television; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944451468     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180500288428     Document Type: Review

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