Adolescent Motivations for Reality Television Viewing: An Exploratory Study

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 136-143

  Patino, Anthony ^a   Kaltcheva, Velitchka D ^a   Smith, Michael F ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864999834     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20510     Document Type: Article

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