Viewing behavior of children and TV guidance by parents: A comparison of parent and child reports

Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-198

  Koolstra, Cees M ^a   Lucassen, Nicole ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Children; Parental television guidance; Viewing behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751542426     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2004.012     Document Type: Article

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