Social evaluations of stereotypic images in video games: Unfair, legitimate, or "just entertainment"?

Youth and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-419

  Brenick, Alaina ^a   Henning, Alexandra ^a   Killen, Melanie ^a   O'Connor, Alexander ^b   Collins, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender stereotypes; Moral reasoning; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249727122     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X06295988     Document Type: Article

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