Children's moral reasoning and their perceptions of television violence

Journal of Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 300-316

  Krcmar, Marina ^a   Cooke, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0035611367     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/51.2.300     Document Type: Article

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