The Effects of Screen Size and Message Content on Attention and Arousal

Media Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-67

  Reeves, Byron ^a   Lang, Annie ^b   Kim, Eun Young ^a   Tatar, Deborah ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007784554     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0101_4     Document Type: Article

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