Children, Race, Ethnicity, and Media

The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 74-97

  Greenberg, Bradley S ^a   Mastro, Dana E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's programming; Cultivation theory; Media effects; Media effects theoretical approaches; Prime time television; Social cognitive theory; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052573441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302752.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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