Believing is seeing: The co-construction of everyday myths in the media about college drinking

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-136

  Lederman, Linda Costigan ^a   Lederman, Joshua B ^b   Kully, Robert D ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co construction of reality; College drinking; Experiential learning; Media literacy; Plato's Allegory of the Cave

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544339664     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204267258     Document Type: Review

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