Family media matters: Unraveling the intergenerational transmission of reading and television tastes

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 683-706

  Notten, Natascha ^a   Kraaykamp, Gerbert ^a   Konig, Ruben P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transmission; Long term effects; Media tastes; Parental media socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871893890     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2012.55.4.683     Document Type: Article

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