Media and Child Development

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Piotrowski, Jessica T ^a   Vossen, Helen G M ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Development; Internet; Media; Media effects; Media preferences; Media use; Television; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945968953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.92145-7     Document Type: Chapter

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