the aim of this study was to examine whether formal and informal social activities are associated with a lower risk of depression. besides, we investigated which type of social activities may protect against late-life depression by gender using data from a population-based study of older korean adults.data for analysis were drawn from the 2010 korean longitudinal study of aging. study sample in...

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of several factors on a ‘conventionality index’ in the specific context of the cinema exhibition sector. To our knowledge, it is the first time that a standard conventionality index has been constructed for this purpose. Econometric analysis of the determinants of variation in this index provides decision-makers with an empirical focus for analyzing di...

The article explores the place of women and migrants in Italian Neorealist New Migrant cinema, arguing that cinema continues reworks key tropes tendencies. It intends to render explicit how an ensemble films challenge stereotypes concerning gender, national cultural identities. Among figures are scrutinized borgatari, extracomunitari, popolane terrone. Its main objective is demonstrate cinemati...

The term ‘Korean wave’ is broadly defined as the huge achievement of South Korean cultural economy industries around world. It represented a big milestone when Korea’s movie “Parasite” won Oscar for Best Picture, which was first from non-English speaking country to win such award in history. While lots filmmakers have been trying produce their own flims more than 100 years, cinema Korea officia...

Computational film analysis combines statistics, data science, information visualization, and computer science with the analytical approaches domain knowledge of study to frame answer questions about form style in cinema. In this article I illustrate visualisation soundtrack trailer for Korean horror Into Mirror (2003). Using spectrogram normalized aggregated power envelope show how sound desig...

Statistical analysis is an important part of an inductive programme of research into film style enabling large groups of films to be analysed, identifying key trends, and identifying changes in film style between groups of films from different countries and time periods. In this paper, the use of shot scales in Hollywood and German cinema between 1910 and 1939 is analysed using linear regressio...