Mean girls? The influence of gender portrayals in teen movies on emerging adults' gender-based attitudes and beliefs

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-146

  Behm Morawitz, Elizabeth ^a   Mastro, Dana E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COGNITION; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 48749130120     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900808500109     Document Type: Article

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