Media and Early Development

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 508-529

  Calvert, Sandra L ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Children's Digital Media Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Media presentations; Media skills; Outcomes; Perceptions; Symbolic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889335017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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