Surveying the effect of media effects a meta-analytic summary of the media effects research in human communication research

Human Communication Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 478-497

  Emmers Sommer, Tara M ^b   Allen, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*

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EID: 0033148736     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1999.tb00457.x     Document Type: Article

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