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VCR use and the concept of audience activity

Mark R. Levy Associate Professor in the College of Journalism and a Research Associate of the Maryland Center for Research in Public Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742
Pages 267-275 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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