Television-world estimates, real-world estimates, and television viewing: A new scheme for cultivation

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-156

  Hetsroni, Amir ^a,c   Tukachinsky, Riva H ^b  

^a Yezreel Valley College   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELEVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33644842014     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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