Half a century of television in the lives of our children

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 625, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-163

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audience; Children; Family; Historical change; Individualization; Parental mediation; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349157577     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209338572     Document Type: Article

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