The role of screen size in viewer experiences of media content

Visual Communication Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 4-9

  Grabe, Maria Elizabeth ^a   Lombard, Matthew ^b   Reich, Robert D ^c   Bracken, Cheryl Campanella ^b   Ditton, Theresa Bolmarcich ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346223113     PISSN: 15551393     EISSN: 15551407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15551399909363403     Document Type: Article

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