Interest in Mass Media Reports and Orientation to Africa and the USA.
This study used mass communication variables in an attempt to compare Africa and the United States as reference groups in the music culture of Trinidad. Among all subjects, the United States was a stronger reference group (a) as a surrogate for the world, (b) as a surrogate for the Caribbean, (c) in...
| Published in: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 2; no. 9; pp. 77 - 101 |
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Journal of Pan African Studies
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