Sexual and violent media's inhibition of advertisement memory: Effect or artifact?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1716-1735

  Fried, Carrie B ^a   Johanson, John C ^a  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45349102266     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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