Exposure to radio frequency (RF) nonionizing radiation from telecommunications is pervasive in modern society. Elevated disease risks have been observed in some populations exposed to radio and television transmissions, although findings are inconsistent. This study quantified RF exposures among 280 residents living near the broadcasting transmitters for Denver, Colorado. RF power densities out...

Media monitoring allows to capture media exposure of people, organizations and other important topics. This paper presents a media monitoring system for Latvian radio and television broadcasts. This system uses an automatic speech recognition (ASR) module to convert audio and video files to text and to extract keywords of interest. The system has been developed in close cooperation with Latvian...

BACKGROUND Like many sub-Saharan African countries, Zambia is dealing with major health issues, including HIV/AIDS, family planning, and reproductive health. To address reproductive health problems and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia, several social marketing and health communication programs focusing on reproductive and HIV/AIDS prevention programs are being implemented. This paper describes t...

BACKGROUND Health communication inequalities were observed in Western population but less is known about them among the Chinese. We investigated health information seeking behaviours and its social determinants among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. METHODS Probability-based sample surveys over telephone were conducted in 2009, 2010/11 and 2012 to monitor family health and information use. Freque...

Modern media have used the novel as a source for drama from the beginning. The production companies responsible for reproducing 'classic novels' have been attracted not just by the ready-made plots and characters, but also, perhaps especially in British film and television, 1 by the status of canonical texts that have a virtually unassailable currency in terms of cultural value. Indeed these tw...

The best music. .. is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. —Bruce Springsteen Music can change the world. —Ludwig van Beethoven Music is spiritual. The music business is not. —Van Morrison Although much of the debate about the effects of media on youth revolves around television, music is very important to children and adolescents. Try to change the radio station i...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease in 2019 disrupted every aspect human life, threatening world’s public health system. Most countries accelerated their transition to digital technologies that support healthcare, social activities, learning, and shopping minimise these disruptions. As COVID-19 propels nations towards economy, epitomising data age, divide will be more pronounced even ...