Gender differences in the representation of violence on spanish television: Should women be more violent?

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 85-100

  Fernández Villanueva, Concepción ^a   Revilla Castro, Juan Carlos ^a   Domínguez Bilbao, Roberto ^b   Gimeno Jiménez, Leonor ^a   Almagro, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Content analysis; Gender; Television; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650591045     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9613-9     Document Type: Article

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