Deciphering the V-chip: An examination of the television industry's program rating judgments

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-138

  Kunkel, Dale ^a   Farinola, Wendy Jo Maynard ^a   Farrar, Kirstie ^a   Donnerstein, Edward ^a   Biely, Erica ^b   Zwarun, Lara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELEVISION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036113390     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.1.112     Document Type: Article

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