Inside television audience measurement: Deconstructing the ratings machine

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 791-800

  Bourdon, Jérôme ^a   Méadel, Cécile ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 79959731697     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443711404739     Document Type: Article

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