Drawing on theories of affect, emotion, and new institutionalism, we analyze discourse around the right-wing terrorist attack in Hanau, Germany, to identify different ways which emotions affect circulate legacy media Twitter how they help establish varying emotional communities. Building upon an understanding journalism as affective institution, our article takes a close look at attempts assert...

BACKGROUND Public education is one of the most important elements of earthquake preparedness. The present study identifies methods and appropriate strategies for public awareness and education on preparedness for earthquakes based on people's opinions in the city of Tehran. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study and a door-to-door survey of residents from 22 municipal districts in Tehran, t...

Do incumbent cable TV firms act to deter entry by cities? I use variation in the costs for a city to enter and operate in local cable TV markets to show that incumbent cable TV firms use system upgrades to deter entry by cities. Interestingly, incumbent cable TV firms do not use system upgrades to deter entry by private firms. My research demonstrates that private incumbents actively engage in ...

IP video has taken two forms: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), which emulates broadcast Television (TV), and Internet video where video selections are accessed across the Internet through Web sites such as YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and others. IPTV and Internet video each provide capabilities that will drive new TV experience. As more and more TV content migrates to the Internet, “personal” vi...

The objective of the study is to propose and test a model to understand the factors that impact the use of electronic media in Brazil. A survey was conducted, capturing perceptions about five electronic media – Broadcast TV, Pay-TV, Internet, Mobile Phones and Game Consoles. A sample of 1000 cases was collected by personal interviews in six cities and analyzed using SEM. Attitude is influenced ...

Several scholars have linked the growth of transnational Arab TV in the Middle East over the past decade to a rise in transnational Muslim and Arab political identification at the expense of national political identity. However, a theoretical context for understanding how media exposure may influence political identification in the Middle East at an individual level of analysis has been lacking...

Aggression appointed a special commission to prepare a report on media violence. Their charge was as follows: " The ISRA Violent Media Effects Commission is charged with the task of producing a public statement on the known effects of exposure to media violence, based on the current state of scientific knowledge. If the Commission finds sufficient evidence of harmful effects, then the Commissio...