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Ritualized and Instrumental Television Viewing
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Journal Article Ritualized and Instrumental Television Viewing Get access Alan M. Rubin Alan M. Rubin 1Alan M. Rubin is Associate Professor in the School of Speech Communication at Kent State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 1984, Pages 67–77, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1984.tb02174.x Published: 07 February 2006
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rubin, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Kent State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rubin, Alan M.
- ORCID
- Rubin, Alan M.
- Venue
- Journal of Communication
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1984-09-01
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 67-77
- ISSN
- 0021-9916 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2466
- OpenAlex
- W2158207082
- Semantic Scholar
- df02a3625530b29194839624b7332ccea570adf6
- Cited by
- 679
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 98.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- television viewing, viewing motivation, audience behavior
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