Let's talk about sex: Audience research of Flemish teenage television viewers and their view on sexuality

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 287-303

  van Damme, Elke ^a   Biltereyst, Daniel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

audience research; gender; identity; sexuality; television viewing; young people teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876450148     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2012.710744     Document Type: Article

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