Genre matters: An examination of women working behind the scenes and on-screen portrayals in reality and scripted prime-time programming

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 445-455

  Lauzen, Martha M ^a   Dozier, David M ^a   Cleveland, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Gender; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845486309     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9100-5     Document Type: Article

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