Japanese Anime Heroines as Role Models for U.S. Youth: Wishful Identification, Parasocial Interaction, and Intercultural Entertainment Effects

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-207

  Ramasubramanian, Srividya ^a   Kornfield, Sarah ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese Anime; Media Effects; Parasocial Interaction; Pro Social Effects; Wishful Identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865203980     PISSN: 17513057     EISSN: 17513065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2012.679291     Document Type: Article

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