Men, women, and televised violence: Predicting viewer aggression in male and female television viewers

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-255

  Haridakis, Paul M ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Media violence; Televised violence; Viewer aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954689518     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370600650951     Document Type: Article

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