Parental restrictive mediation of children's internet use: Effective for what and for whom?

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 466-481

  Lee, Sook Jung ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Additive internet use; child's self control; online risks; online time; parental mediation; restrictive mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878197908     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812452412     Document Type: Article

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