The impact of background radio and television on high school students' homework performance

Journal of Communication

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-87

  Pool, Marina M ^a   Koolstra, Cees M ^a   van der Voort, Tom H A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0042822020     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/53.1.74     Document Type: Article

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