Prime-time television: Assessing violence during the most popular viewing hours

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 84-111

  Smith, Stacy L ^a   Nathanson, Amy I ^b   Wilson, Barbara J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELEVISION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036104023     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.1.84     Document Type: Article

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