Media choice despite multitasking?

Media Choice: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 234-246

  Koolstra, Cees M ^a   Ritterfeld, Ute ^a   Vorderer, Peter ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA)   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874952188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938652     Document Type: Chapter

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