Journal of
Media and Communication Studies

  • Abbreviation: J. Media Commun. Stud.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2545
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 232

Full Length Research Paper

Gossip Girl setting fashion trends: Lebanese young viewers’ identification with media characters

Tamara Abi-Khalil*
  • Tamara Abi-Khalil*
  • Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon.
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Christy Mady
  • Christy Mady
  • Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 18 August 2016
  •  Accepted: 30 September 2016
  •  Published: 30 November 2016

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