Costly attentions: Governing the media multitasker

Continuum

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 653-664

  Hassoun, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84865036193     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2012.698041     Document Type: Article

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