Combining background media with doing homework: Incidence of background media use and perceived effects

Communication Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-72

  Beentjes, Johannes W J ^a   Koolstra, Cees M ^a   Van Der Voort, Tom H A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030540843     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529609379032     Document Type: Article

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