Sex, Lies, and Video Compact Disc: A Case Study on Third-Person Perception and Motivations for Media Censorship

Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-130

  Chia, Stella C ^a   Lu, Kerr Hsin ^b   Mcleod, Douglas M ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Media censorship; Sex; Third person effect; Video compact disc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347302910     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203260204     Document Type: Article

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