Singaporeans' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and their tolerance of media portrayals of homosexuality

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-379

  Detenber, Benjamin H ^a,b   Cenite, Mark ^a   Ku, Moses K Y ^a   Ong, Carol P L ^a   Tong, Hazel Y ^a   Yeow, Magdalene L H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information ^*

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EID: 34548212487     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edm017     Document Type: Article

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