TV violence: Research and controversy

Children and Television: Fifty Years of Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 183-203

  Murray, John P ^a,b  

^a Mind Science Foundation   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410618047-14     Document Type: Chapter

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