Star Gazing: A Socio-Cultural Approach to the Study of Dreaming about Media Figures.

Alperstein, Neil M.; Vann, Barbara H.

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ERIC Number: EJ567249

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Publication Date: 1997

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Star Gazing: A Socio-Cultural Approach to the Study of Dreaming about Media Figures.

Alperstein, Neil M.; Vann, Barbara H.

Communication Quarterly, v45 n3 p142-52 Sum 1997

Analyzes questionnaires and dream reports of 241 undergraduate students for the presence of media figures in their dreams. Finds that media figures appear as friends, collaborators, or associates rather than as celebrities. Suggests that viewers do not enter television scripts in their dreams, but incorporate media figures into their own life scripts. (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Dreams, Higher Education, Mass Media, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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