Television Exposure, Parents' Precautionary Warnings, and Young Adults' Perceptions of Crime

Communication Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 530-556

  Busselle, Rick W ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime perceptions; Cultivation; Family communication; Television exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141595331     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203256360     Document Type: Article

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