Depictions of Gender on Primetime Television: A Quantitative Content Analysis

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-22

  Sink, Alexander ^a   Mastro, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84991475883     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2016.1212243     Document Type: Article

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