Finding TV's Pioneering Audiences

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 121-129

  Gomery, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85007058431     PISSN: 01956051     EISSN: 19306458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01956050109601017     Document Type: Article

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