OBJECTIVE Television and computer game consumption are a powerful influence in the lives of most children. Previous evidence has supported the notion that media exposure could impair a variety of behavioral characteristics. Excessive television viewing and computer game playing have been associated with many psychiatric symptoms, especially emotional and behavioral symptoms, somatic complaints,...

We apply correspondence analysis to data produced for the BFI’s Opening Our Eyes report published in 2011 to discover how age and gender shape the experience of television for audiences in the UK. Age is an important factor in shaping how audience perceive television, with older viewers describing the medium as ‘informative,’ ‘thought provoking,’ ‘artistic,’ ‘good for people’s self-development,...

Автор рассматривает эстетическую природу телевидения, составляющие компоненты художественного образа, язык выразительных средств различных искусств и природную связь ТВ с кинематографом. The article examines the aesthetic nature of television, components artistic image, «language» expressive means arts and natural connection TV with cinema.

Advances in recombinant DNA technology during the 1990’s have modified crops to produce traits not possible with traditional breeding techniques. These genetically modified (GM) foods can be modified to generate higher nutrient and yield levels, and to produce their own pesticides, fertilizers, and vaccines. This technology has caused considerable consumer debate, with opponents stressing healt...

Background: Excessive and uncontrolled television watching by children predisposes them to some risks such as developmental, social and psychological disorders. Parents play an important role in nurturing their children and controlling the factors affecting their health. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of health education programs on parents’ supervision skills to contro...

We explored the psychological links that may exist between people’s choices of television program, conversation topics around the content of these programs, and people’s perceived degree of threat associated with these programs. The theoretical framework of the study was reversal theory (Apter, 2001). Participants were presented with a series of questionnaires assessing the degree of threat ass...

the aim of this study was to compare the time spent watching television, the expected moral values ​​transmitted via television, the features of life and sport patterns and the moral properties of selected patterns between high school male and female students. in this survey, population consisted of high school male and female students in islamabad gharb city in 2012. the sample was 382 subject...

Years of research documents how witnessing violence and aggression leads to a range of negative outcomes for children. These outcomes result both from witnessing real violence (Osofsky, 1995) as well as from viewing media violence (Anderson et al., 2003; Gentile, 2003). Ironically, the same parents who take great pains to keep children from witnessing violence in the home and neighborhood often...

Past media effects research suggests a relationship between morbid curiosity and processing of television news; however, the cognitive and emotional processes involved are little understood. This study compared physiological effects with self-reported reactions of viewers exposed to negative news stories. Fifty adults were shown eight news stories ranging from morbidly negative to positive topi...