Parents' responses to television violence: The third-person perception, parental mediation, and support for censorship

Media Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-252

  Hoffner, Cynthia ^a   Buchanan, Martha ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036404848     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0403_02     Document Type: Article

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