Who Needs Friends When There is FRIENDS? Watching Television as a Form of Social Surrogacy
The current study aims to fill a deficiency in the literature on the effects of watching television, particularly “happy” and “not happy” shows, on social needs. Participants will first take a survey to report their loneliness and need for social interaction. Then, they will be randomly assigned int...
Main Author: | Rossiter, Laura |
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Format: | Others |
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2015
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Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/535 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1592&context=scripps_theses |
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