Morality and the selection, reception, and effects of entertainment media

Media and Social Life

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 29-45

  Raney, Arthur A ^a   Janicke, Sophie H ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315794174     Document Type: Chapter

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