This thesis deals with the problem of presenting and managing multiple live audiovisual data streams for television viewing. Prior work has dealt with content presentation and navigation in a large information space and typically has not concerned itself with the time critical aspect of the data. This thesis extends and modifies these concepts and applies them to entertainment. A general purpos...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of excess television time and verify correlated factors in adolescent males and females. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 2,105 adolescents aged from 13 to 18 years from the city of Aracaju, Northeastern Brazil. Television time was self-reported, corresponding to the time spent watching television in a typical week. Sev...

The article discusses the implications, potential, and ways of using online media in context television journalism. Watching TV together is moving to social networks. Relying on concept viewing, paper tried study how station editors use networks, as well what extent networks a source content. These questions were investigated empirically method content analysis sample 10 BH. stations. results p...

We conducted a year-long, naturalistic study that investigated what actually happens when children watch television. We video-recorded children’s actions and interactions while watching television and simultaneously recorded the video stream from the television screen; these data were supported with parent diaries and interviews with parents and children. This paper describes two case studies, ...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether television viewing, computer game playing or book reading during meals predicts meal skipping with the aim of watching television, playing computer games or reading books (media meal skipping). DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted using a standardized self-administered questionnaire. Analyses were controlled for age, gender and BMI. SETTING Data were obt...

OBJECTIVE To investigate how food commercials influence children's food choices. STUDY DESIGN Twenty-three children ages 8-14 years provided taste and health ratings for 60 food items. Subsequently, these children were scanned with the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging while making food choices (ie, "eat" or "not eat") after watching food and nonfood television commercials. RESUL...

Consumers prefer to watch television programs without commercials. Yet, in spite of most consumers’ extensive experience with watching television, we propose that commercial interruptions can actually improve the television-viewing experience. Although consumers do not foresee it, their enjoyment diminishes over time. Commercial interruptions can disrupt this adaptation process and restore the ...

BACKGROUND It has been proposed that time spent sitting increases all-cause mortality, but evidence to support this hypothesis, especially the relative effects of various sitting activities alone or in combination, is very limited. METHODS The association between various sedentary behaviours (time spent: sitting watching television (TV); in other leisure activities; in a car/bus; at work; and...