Resonance to archetypes in media: There's some accounting for taste

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-322

  Faber, Michael A ^a   Mayer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archetypes; Measurement; Media; Personality; Popular culture; Preferences; Resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949100996     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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