Seeking Comfort in Past Media: Modeling Media Nostalgia as a Way of Coping With Media Change

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Seeking Comfort in Past Media : Modeling Media Nostalgia as a Way of Coping With Media Change. / Menke, Manuel.

In: International Journal of Communication, Vol. 2017, No. 11, 2017, p. 626-646.

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Harvard

Menke, M 2017, 'Seeking Comfort in Past Media: Modeling Media Nostalgia as a Way of Coping With Media Change', International Journal of Communication, vol. 2017, no. 11, pp. 626-646.

APA

Menke, M. (2017). Seeking Comfort in Past Media: Modeling Media Nostalgia as a Way of Coping With Media Change. International Journal of Communication, 2017(11), 626-646.

Vancouver

Menke M. Seeking Comfort in Past Media: Modeling Media Nostalgia as a Way of Coping With Media Change. International Journal of Communication. 2017;2017(11):626-646.

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Menke, Manuel. / Seeking Comfort in Past Media : Modeling Media Nostalgia as a Way of Coping With Media Change. In: International Journal of Communication. 2017 ; Vol. 2017, No. 11. pp. 626-646.

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