Four decades of violent content on prime-time network programming: A longitudinal meta-analytic review

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 759-784

  Hetsroni, Amir ^a  

^a Yezreel Valley College   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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META-ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349075867     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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