Published research demonstrates an association between exposure to media sexual content and a variety of sex-related outcomes for adolescents. What is not known is the mechanism through which sexual content produces this "media effect" on adolescent beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. Using the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction, this article uses data from a longitudinal study of adolesc...

The confinement of the Spanish population due to COVID-19 pandemic triggered a change in patterns electronic device usage, leading an increase internet traffic. This study sought evaluate use social media by before and during lockdown. An extensive ad hoc questionnaire was prepared distributed total 397 people different ages from provinces. previously validated found be reliable. results showed...

Media messages and images shape patients' perceptions about quality of life (QOL) through various "old" media-literature, film, television, and music-and so-called "new" media-the Internet, e-mail, blogs, and cell phones. In this article, the author provides a brief overview of QOL from the academic perspectives of nursing, psychology, behavioral medicine, multicultural studies, and consumer ma...

Infants and young children are vulnerable in emergencies. The media plays an important role in aid delivery and has a positive impact when reports are accurate. However, the media has been implicated in encouraging harmful aid in the form of donations of infant formula and other milk products. Internet-based media reports were collected after Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the WenChuan Earthquak...

Steganalysis detects the possible existence of secret messages embedding in a suspicious media. In general, secret data hiding techniques take the advantage of the weakness of human senses to embed secret messages into a common media and transmit them to the receivers. Because the change of the cover media is insensible to human visual systems, the cover channel is hidden. Therefore, data hidin...

BACKGROUND Binge drinking, commonly defined as having more than five drinks on a single occasion, is a public health issue affecting two thirds of Canadian young adults between the ages of 19-24 years. To educate young adults about alcohol poisoning, a network of 16 Ontario Health Units developed and implemented a mass-media campaign. The focus of this article is to report on post-secondary stu...