The social implications of enjoyment of different types of music, movies, and television programming

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-271

  Hall, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Media genres; Sign value; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749011305     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310701653794     Document Type: Article

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