Ruining a good story: Cultivation, perceived realism and narrative

Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-378

  Busselle, Rick ^a   Ryabovolova, Alina ^a   Wilson, Brian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultivation; Narrative; On line processes; Perceived realism; Realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746866033     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2004.023     Document Type: Article

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