Poisson and negative binomial regression methods are used to analyze the monthly time series data to determine the effects of introducing an integrated security management system including closed-circuit television (CCTV), door alarm monitoring, proximity card access, and emergency call boxes to a large privately-owned complex of apartment buildings in New York City. Crime rates in a control ap...

Advertising is a pervasive influence on children and adolescents. Young people view more than 40,000 ads per year on television alone and increasingly are being exposed to advertising on the Internet, in magazines, and in schools. This exposure may contribute significantly to childhood and adolescent obesity, poor nutrition, and cigarette and alcohol use. Media education has been shown to be ef...

The success of digital television will depend largely on the reactions of the final user. In this paper, we explore some of these reactions focussing on the test-introduction of digital television in Flanders (Belgium). Based on the findings of two digital interactive test-projects in Flanders, we will look more closely into three specific topics: (1) the domestication of television and its con...

In this research, we investigate how television advertising drives online word-of-mouth (WOM). We first explore if television advertising (1) affects online WOM about the brand advertised and (2) associates with changes in online WOM about the program in which the advertisement airs. We further examine if the media context in which the advertisement appears – the television program – impacts th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of compliance with the PAOS Code (Publicidad, Actividad, Obesidad y Salud), which establishes standards for the self-regulation of food marketing aimed at minors, in television advertising by food and beverage companies that have agreed to abide by the Code. DESIGN The study sample consisted of food and beverage advertisements targeting children during 80 h of ...

The views expressed in this paper are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Communications Commission, any Commissioners, or other staff. A current policy issue is whether there is a single local media market or several distinct local markets for newspaper, radio, and television advertising. An important step in defining a market is the estimation of ...

BACKGROUND Research on youth mental health has increasingly indicated the importance of multivariate analyses of multiple risk factors for negative outcomes. Television and video game use have often been posited as potential contributors to attention problems, but previous studies have not always been well-controlled or used well-validated outcome measures. The current study examines the multiv...

Television has a direct and straight relation with children lives. At early stage of their life, they become familiar to cartoon programmes on television. The early exposure to the television intermingle their lives with the characters they watch on television and affects their later life. It has been researched that television plays a significant role in the development of children’s moral for...

This study proposes to examine whether eating behaviors and food cravings are altered while watching food-related television programs. More specifically, we examined whether educational food-related television (didactic, realistic portrayal of food) or entertainment foodrelated television (flashy, enticing portrayal of food) had any effect on the eating behaviors and food cravings of participan...