Virtual cultivation: Online worlds, offline perceptions

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-87

  Williams, Dmitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

EID: 33644835429     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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