Effects of television violence on memory for violent and nonviolent advertising

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1680-1697

  Gunter, Barrie ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Pappa, Eleni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29144451948     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02190.x     Document Type: Article

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