In their review on the influence of violent media on children and adolescents, Kevin Browne and Catherine HamiltonGiachritsis (Feb 19, p 702) raise the question of why children and adolescents are more susceptible to media violence than adults. The effects of television are best understood in terms of rote learning—ie, by the brain digesting thousands of examples and thereby shaping synaptic co...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents (6-16 years), and relationships between being overweight and sleep, experiencing of fatigue, enjoyment of school, and time spent in watching television and in sitting at the computer. Trained school nurses measured the weight and height of 2891 children aged 6, 7, 10, 14...

This paper examines the diverse relationships of different publics within Anand Nagar slum with these news programs and political discourses, detailing how many men women in watched engaged what they see as communication on television. Following qualitative methodological approaches specifically ethnography conducted slums Bhopal, detailed youth watch television for information does watching ha...

There is increased trend of binge watching on the Internet Television Network (ITN) among youth has gained notable scholarly interest in studying this new concept. Limited studies, however, have focused effects youth. With its theoretical foundations Uses and gratifications theory Model antecedents consequences Binge Watching, our study was an attempt to fill gap. The major objectives included ...

Background: Many studies have examined the consequences of prolonged television viewing, but few studies have examined the psychological states that contribute to this behavior. In this study, we evaluated the construct and predictive validity of psychosocial correlates of television viewing in a population of African American (AA) breast cancer survivors (BCS). Methods: AA BCS (N = 342, Mean a...

BACKGROUND Television watching and playing of video games (VGs) are associated with higher energy intakes. Motion-controlled video games (MC) may be a healthier alternative to sedentary screen-based activities because of higher energy expenditures, but little is known about the effects of these games on energy intakes. OBJECTIVE Energy intake, expenditure, and surplus (intake - expenditure) w...