Racial and Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Children's Television Use and Self-Esteem: A Longitudinal Panel Study

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-357

  Martins, Nicole ^a   Harrison, Kristen ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cultivation; race; self esteem; social identity; television

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860151165     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211401376     Document Type: Article

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