Cultivation effects on quality of life indicators: Exploring the effects of American television consumption on feelings of relative deprivation in South Korea and India

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-267

  Yang, Hyeseung ^a   Ramasubramanian, Srividya ^b   Oliver, Mary Beth ^c  

^a Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46249115901     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838150801992060     Document Type: Article

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