PURPOSE This study investigated the relationship between 2-year-old children's exposure to TV and language delay. METHODS The subjects of this study were 1,778 toddlers (906 males and 872 females) who participated in the Panel Study on Korean Children conducted in 2010. The linguistic ability of the toddlers was measured with the K-ASQ (Korean-Ages and Stages Questionnaire). The relationship ...

Although previous research showed that the thin ideal provided by the media affects body image and eating behaviour in young children, less is known about specific media contents that are related to body image and eating behaviour. This study tested the associations between watching soaps and music television and body dissatisfaction and restrained eating directly, and indirectly through thin i...

Audiovisual material accompanied by interlingual subtitles is a powerful pedagogical tool which can help improve the vocabulary learning of second-language learners. This study was intended to determine whether or not the mode (standard and reversed) of subtitling affects the incidental vocabulary acquisition of Iranian L2 learners while watching TV programs. Forty-five participants were random...

BACKGROUND Watching television is a common leisure activity, not least among older people. However, watching television may become difficult when it is disturbed by symptoms of dementia. METHOD A total of 284 questionnaires were handed out to relatives of people with dementia in Iceland, in the Memory Clinic of the University Hospital and in specialized units for people with dementia (6 day-c...

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...

From my local observations, the everyday military surveillance, an ever-present panopticon, perpetuates both conscious and unconscious stress in lives of those who endure it. In this paper I will reflect upon experiences a 224 mile pilgrimage that undertook 2018, over period 50 days. It was daily walk from front door house to Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base, on Gare Loch Scotland. A walking perf...