Television and imagination: An investigation of the medium's influence on children's story-making

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 799-820

  Belton, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boredom; Capturing; Firing; Perception; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035733409     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344301023006007     Document Type: Article

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