Television viewing and social reality: Effects and underlying processes

Social Psychology of Consumer Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 251-272

  Shrum, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781441605283     Document Type: Chapter

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