Violent Media Content and Aggressiveness in Adolescents: A Downward Spiral Model

Communication Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 713-736

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Henry, Kimberly L ^a   Swaim, Randall C ^b   Anderson, Lori L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Media effects; Selective exposure; Violent media content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242719782     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203258281     Document Type: Article

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