Effects of media violence on viewers’ aggression in unconstrained social interaction

Mass Media Effects Research: Advances Through Meta-Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 145-168

  Wood, Wendy ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203823453     Document Type: Chapter

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