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Television - The Housewife's Choice? the 1949 Mass Observation Television Directive, Reluctance and Revision

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Television - The Housewife's Choice? the 1949 Mass Observation Television Directive, Reluctance and Revision. / Wood, Helen.

In: Media History, Vol. 21, No. 3, 03.07.2015, p. 342-359.

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Wood, H 2015, 'Television - The Housewife's Choice? the 1949 Mass Observation Television Directive, Reluctance and Revision', Media History, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2015.1015512

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Wood, H. (2015). Television - The Housewife's Choice? the 1949 Mass Observation Television Directive, Reluctance and Revision. Media History, 21(3), 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2015.1015512

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Wood H. Television - The Housewife's Choice? the 1949 Mass Observation Television Directive, Reluctance and Revision. Media History. 2015 Jul 3;21(3):342-359. doi: 10.1080/13688804.2015.1015512

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Wood, Helen. / Television - The Housewife's Choice? the 1949 Mass Observation Television Directive, Reluctance and Revision. In: Media History. 2015 ; Vol. 21, No. 3. pp. 342-359.

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