Responding to change on TV: How viewer-controlled changes in content differ from programmed changes in content

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-199

  Wise, Kevin ^a,b   Lee, Seungjo ^c   Lang, Annie ^d   Fox, Julia R ^d   Grabe, Maria Elizabeth ^d,e  

^a Department of Strategic Communication ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 46249094933     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838150801991773     Document Type: Article

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