Partners' influence on each other's television exposure: Dominance or symmetry?

Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Konig, Ruben P ^a   Kraaykamp, Gerbert ^a   Westerik, Henk ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Exposure to television; Media use; Parental viewing; Partners' influence; Socialization effect; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949825140     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2008.024     Document Type: Article

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