The television tug of war: A brief history of children’s television programming in the united states

The children's Television Community

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-34

  Mitroff, Donna ^a   Stephenson, Rebecca Herr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84925697043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410614452     Document Type: Chapter

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