Grey's Anatomy Viewing and Organ Donation Attitude Formation: Examining Mediators Bridging This Relationship Among African Americans, Caucasians, and Latinos

Communication Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 690-716

  Quick, Brian L ^a   Morgan, Susan E ^b   LaVoie, Nicole R ^a   Bosch, Dave ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; media effects; organ donation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901387520     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650213475476     Document Type: Article

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