Research note: The relationship between television fiction and fear of crime an empirical comparison of three causal explanations

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Van Den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Causal modelling; Cultivation; Fear of crime; Mood management; Television effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542579469     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323104042922     Document Type: Article

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