21st Century Ratings Creep: PG-13 and R

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-61

  Leone, Ron ^a   Houle, Nicole ^b  

^a STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b National Sales and Marketing Associate   (United States)

Author keywords

Media regulation; MPAA; Ratings; Ratings creep

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960534878     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17464090500535897     Document Type: Article

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