Gender, Sports, and New Media: Predictors of Viewing during the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-91

  Tang, Tang ^a   Cooper, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858273451     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2011.648685     Document Type: Article

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