Reality television, gender, and authenticity in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-366

  Kraidy, Marwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; GENDER; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICS; TELEVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 68049103088     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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