Television dramas and support for controversial public policies: Effects and mechanisms

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-252

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Rouner, Donna ^b   Long, Marilee ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDIA ROLE; TELEVISION;

EID: 33646019818     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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