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Predicting Media Use in Very Young Children: The Role of Demographics and Parent Attitudes

Drew P. Cingel School of Communication, Northwestern UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marina Krcmar Department of Communication, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamView further author information
Pages 374-394 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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