Sex in Primetime Television: 1979 Versus 1989

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 505-516

  Sapolsky, Barry S ^a   Tabarlet, Joseph O ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963444341     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838159109364143     Document Type: Article

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