Contextual features of violent video games, mental models, and aggression

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 387-405

  Farrar, Kirstie M ^a   Krcmar, Marina ^a   Nowak, Kristine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33646026387     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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