Television and the cultivation of gender-role attitudes in Japan: Does television contribute to the maintenance of the status quo?

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-531

  Saito, Shinichi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 34547915253     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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