Television news avoidance: Exploratory results from a one-year follow-up study

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-252

  Van Den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 33751564084     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem5002_4     Document Type: Review

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