Parents' interest in videogame ratings and content descriptors in relation to game mediation

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-336

  Nikken, Peter ^a   Jansz, Jeroen ^b   Schouwstra, Sanneke ^c  

^a Netherlands Youth Institute NJI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Parental mediation; Videogame ratings; Videogames; Young adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548026821     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323107079684     Document Type: Article

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