Laughing to keep from crying: Humor and aggression in television commercial content

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-634

  Scharrer, Erica ^a   Bergstrom, Andrea ^a   Paradise, Angela ^a   Ren, Qianqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34248651279     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem5004_3     Document Type: Article

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