Television advertising and children: Examining the intended and unintended effects

The Faces of Televisual Media: Teaching, Violence, Selling to Children: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 346-376

  Smith, Stacy L ^a   Atkin, Charles ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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