According to reports about 30-thousand people spent watching television had the impact on their memory and recall that the results showed no differences between men and women. The people who watched less than an hour a day did better at every memory function. As these contributors watched negative political ads, physiological responses indicated that their body was reflexively preparing to move...

In this research, we investigate how television advertising drives online word-of-mouth (WOM). We first explore if television advertising (1) affects online WOM about the brand advertised and (2) associates with changes in online WOM about the program in which the advertisement airs. We further examine if the media context in which the advertisement appears – the television program – impacts th...

A symbolic language called Blissymbolics has been gaining in popularity in recent years as an alternative means of com munication 63 for verbally impaired, cerebral palsied children. Since m any of these children are also severely physically handicapped, some m eans of indicating and storing symbol selections must be provided . This paper describes a collaborative project to develop a graphics ...

This article presents results from a study of the potential effects of secondary users operating in unoccupied television spectrum. Television spectrum is known within the wireless communications community as being underutilized, making it a prime candidate for dynamic spectrum access. The proposed use of this open spectrum has prompted questions concerning the quantity of available channel spa...

OBJECTIVE: US parents were surveyed to determine the amount of background television that their children are exposed to as well as to isolate demographic factors associated with increased exposure to background television. After this, we ask how certain home media practices are linked to children’s background television exposure. METHODS: US parents/caregivers (N = 1454) with 1 child between th...

The switchover to digital television (DTV) will bring about an expansion of entertainment and information services available via the TV, and in doing so fundamentally changes traditional concepts of household viewing. From a UK perspective, the technological infrastructure of DTV has the potential to foster the social inclusion of vulnerable groups, such as disabled and elderly people, by impro...

Underground stations traditionally are a common application for video surveillance. Currently, humans have to be employed to control trains and stations to avoid harm to passengers and equipment using closed-circuit television (CCTV), but this personell has to watch at least 20 screens at the same time and could miss important events. However, the already installed surveillance equipment in sta...

Datacasting employs the excess bandwidth from digital television signals for use in one-way data transmission, and it is being used successfully for high-speed downloads at fixed locations. There is considerable interest in extending datacast usage to mobile users, although there are reception challenges in the mobile environment that can significantly impact system performance. To explore the ...

Television has a direct and straight relation with children lives. At early stage of their life, they become familiar to cartoon programmes on television. The early exposure to the television intermingle their lives with the characters they watch on television and affects their later life. It has been researched that television plays a significant role in the development of children’s moral for...