Cultural proximity in TV entertainment: An eight-country study on the relationship

Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Trepte, Sabine ^a  

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Author keywords

Individualism collectivism; Keywords: cultural proximity; Masculinity femininity; Power distance; TV fiction; Uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949699683     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMMUN.2008.001     Document Type: Article

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