Dear Santa: The effects of television advertising on young children

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 529-539

  Pine, Karen J ^a   Nash, Avril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSERY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TELEVISION;

EID: 0036855881     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250143000481     Document Type: Review

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