Developing Television ratings in Canada and the United States: The Perils and promises of self-regulation

The V-chip Debate: Content Filtering From Television To the Internet

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 23-46

  McDowell, Stephen D ^a   Maitland, Carleen ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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