From self-enhancement to upporting censorship: The third-person effect process in the case of internet pornography

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-462

  Zhao, Xiaoquan ^a   Cai, Xiaomei ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69849131819     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430802071258     Document Type: Article

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