Positive effects of television on children’s social interaction: A meta-analysis

Mass Media Effects Research: Advances Through Meta-Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 281-300

  Woodard, Emory H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920692833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203823453     Document Type: Chapter

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