Nature of screen violence and its relation to program popularity

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-292

  Mustonen, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Content analysis; Intensity; Television violence; Violence popularity relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512370     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1997)23:4<281::aid-ab5>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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