Babies, television and videos: How did we get here?

Developmental Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-127

  Wartella, Ellen ^a,b   Richert, Rebekah A ^a   Robb, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babies; Infants; Media effects; Television; Videos

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952552585     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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