Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ472469
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Loneliness and Media Gratifications.
Canary, Daniel J.; Spitzberg, Brian H.
Communication Research, v20 n6 p800-21 Dec 1993
Assesses the nature of the relationship between experienced loneliness and media gratifications. Finds that chronically lonely college students rely less on media for escape than do others and that they reported the least motivation for watching their favorite soap opera. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Loneliness, Mass Media, Mass Media Use, Media Research, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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