Sexual attitudes and erotophobia and the recall of sexual content on television

Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-86

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Hiranandani, Mansha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertisement; Entertainment television program; Erotic; Media effects; Sexual attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649178068     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMM.2009.005     Document Type: Article

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