"You're the kind of guy that we all want for a drinking buddy": Expressions of parasocial interaction on Floydlandis.com

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-203

  Kassing, Jeffrey W ^a   Sanderson, Jimmy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Floyd Landis; Media effects; Parasocial interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449556395     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310902856063     Document Type: Article

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