Putting violence to work in new media policies: Trends in Australian Internet, computer game and video regulation

New Media and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-249

  Dwyer, Tim ^a,c   Stockbridge, Sally ^b,c  

^a Australian Broadcasting Authority   (Australia)

^b Network Ten   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Media panics; New media technologies; Regulation; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345823604     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614449922225573     Document Type: Article

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