The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) announces that it will hold two days of public workshops on December 1 and 2, 2009, to examine the Internet’s impact on journalism in newspapers, magazines, broadcast television and radio, and cable television. The Internet has changed how many consumers receive news and altered the advertising landscape. Low entry barriers on the Internet ha...

This review of the literature on disaster media coverage describes the events, samples, and forms of media coverage (television, newspapers, radio, internet) studied and examines the association between media consumption and psychological outcomes. A total of 36 studies representing both man-made and natural events met criteria for review in this analysis. Most studies examined disaster televis...

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In this paper, we present an overview of UHF RFID tag performance characterization. We review the link budget of RFID system, explain different tag performance characteristics, and describe various testing methods. We also review state-of-the art test systems present on the market today.

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his study sought to determine the citation of media sources by law students in South Africa. Data were gathered from theses and dissertations selected schools country using specifically designed excel spreadsheets comprising columns for citations sources, among others. The results, relation research questions study, indicate that media, as a source information, was least cited while other secon...

In a previous study, we observed that the level of dietary restraint in normal-weight women moderated the stimulating effect of environmental stimuli on meal intake. The present study was designed to confirm and extend this observation. The influence of factors previously shown to affect meal size was investigated: presence of other people, television viewing and listening to radio. Two groups ...