Solution or Smokescreen? Evaluating Industry Self-Regulation of Televised Food Marketing to Children

Communication Law and Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-292

  Kunkel, Dale ^a   Castonguay, Jessica ^b   Wright, Paul J ^c   McKinley, Christopher J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d School of Communication and Media Montclair (N) State University   (United States)

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EID: 84903734644     PISSN: 10811680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10811680.2014.919797     Document Type: Article

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