Do children learn how to watch television? The impact of extensive experience with Blue's Clues on preschool children's television viewing behavior

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 264-280

  Crawley, Alisha M ^a   Anderson, Daniel R ^a   Santomero, Angela ^b   Wilder, Alice ^b   Williams, Marsha ^b   Evans, Marie K ^a   Bryant, Jennings ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Nickelodeon   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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CHILD; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 0036086088     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.2.264     Document Type: Article

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