Exploring How We Enjoy Antihero Narratives

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1028-1046

  Shafer, Daniel M ^a   Raney, Arthur A ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 84870914329     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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