abstract background: in the age of communication and media that families are rapidly driven towards using satellite channels and other media, considering family health in this regard is essential. a determinant of health is marital satisfaction. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between watching satellite channels and intimacy and marital satisfaction in isfahan, iran. m...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of satellite networks (GEM TV and Farsi 1) on the religious beliefs of youth in the city of Farashband. The type of research in terms of purpose, applied and in terms of data collection, was causal-comparative. The statistical population of this study is all the youths of the Farashband city in 2015, which includes 7569 people. The sample ...

the purpose of this research is study of effective factors on women motivations from watching serials persian-language satellite channel of gem (gem tv). this research depending on the type arrangement of variables and research goals in template of schemes correlation- comparative is foundation. the statistical population of this study is consisted of all women audience network series of gem (g...

BACKGROUND In the age of communication and media that families are rapidly driven towards using satellite channels and other media, considering family health in this regard is essential. A determinant of health is marital satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between watching satellite channels and intimacy and marital satisfaction in Isfahan, Iran. MATERIALS...

The present survey study has been carried out to examine the impact of satellite programs on 300 young  people who were permanently watching them. The authors used the theories of some scientists and sociologists like Klapper, Newman, Robertson, Harvey and Gidnez to clarify the variables. The results show that the more satellite programs will be watching, the religious identity is reduced. So, ...

current study basically aims at exploring the motives behind watching persian satellite channels among female audience in city of qaemshahr. participants are 263 female audiences from qaemshahr which were selected based on purposive sampling. the research method employed here is survey, and a researcher-developed questionnaire was used to collect data, one-sample t-test, anova, and friedman tes...

Exclusive Quality – Why Exclusive Distribution May Benefit the TV Viewers* Sports organizations, Hollywood studios and TV channels grant satellite and cable networks exclusive rights to televise their matches, movies and media contents. Exclusive distribution prevents viewers from watching attractive programs, and reduces the TV-distributors incentives to compete in prices. This paper demonstra...

In this paper, we show how an Earth watching mission, dedicated to the detection and the tracking of forest fires and volcanic eruptions, and involving a constellation of low-orbiting satellites, equipped with detection and observation instruments, can be reactively and efficiently managed via the cooperation of decision modules implemented on the ground in a mission control center and onboard ...