Selective exposure to video games

Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 210-226

  Bryant, Jennings ^a   Davies, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84906132494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203873700     Document Type: Chapter

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