Media enjoyment as need satisfaction: The contribution of hedonic and nonhedonic needs

Journal of Communication

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1025-1042

  Tamborini, Ron ^a   Grizzard, Matthew ^a   David Bowman, Nicholas ^b   Reinecke, Leonard ^c   Lewis, Robert J ^a   Eden, Allison ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 83155182601     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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