Gendering the Self: Selective Magazine Reading and Reinforcement of Gender Conformity

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-384

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a   Hoplamazian, Gregory J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; gender conformity; magazines; selective exposure; sex role inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860198648     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211425040     Document Type: Article

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