Kindergartners’ understandings of television: A cross cultural comparison

Communication Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-126

  Lemish, Dafna ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84937267509     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510979709368495     Document Type: Article

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