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Children and Media Psychology in Sweden: Examples from Empirical Work

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Mediapsychology is a composite term for media studies based on psychological theories. This covers a wide range of studies taking very different theoretical approaches, from psychoanalysis to social psychology, from learning and educational psychology to cognitive psychology.

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Rydin, I. (1995). Children and Media Psychology in Sweden: Examples from Empirical Work. In: Winterhoff-Spurk, P. (eds) Psychology of Media in Europe. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-94251-7_13

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