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ERIC Number: EJ660807
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Young Females' Images of Motherhood in Relation to Television Viewing.
Ex, Carine T. G. M.; Janssens, Jan M. A. M.; Korzilius, Hubert P. L. M.
Journal of Communication, v52 n4 p955-71 Dec 2002
Examines young Dutch adolescent and young females' self-image and ideal image of motherhood and the extent to which television viewing and viewing motives were related to these images. Notes none of the subjects were mothers and all were selected from a variety of educational settings. Concludes that sitcoms and soaps that portrayed mothers with a more traditional orientation were associated with young females' anticipation of a traditional motherhood image. (PM)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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