Latinas and television in the United States: Relationships among genre identification, acculturation, and acculturation stress

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-313

  Johnson, Melissa A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturation stress; Hispanic; Latina; Mass media; Television; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937275751     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646179609361733     Document Type: Article

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