The emotional appeal of violent video games for adolescent males

Communication Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-241

  Jansz, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; MEDIA ROLE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 23844474102     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ct/15.3.219     Document Type: Review

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