Identification With Characters and Discussion of Taboo Topics After Exposure to an Entertainment Narrative About Sexual Health

Journal of Communication

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-406

  Moyer Gusé, Emily ^a   Chung, Adrienne H ^a   Jain, Parul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79957885333     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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