Context of reception has been discussed widely in the sociological and anthropological literature, but no measures of this construct exist. We designed a measure of perceived context of reception and provide initial support for the factorial validity, internal consistency reliability, and incremental and discriminant validity of scores generated by this measure. A sample of 302 recent-immigrant...

The rapid growth of multimedia application together with advanced development in digital technology and with the increased use of mobile terminal has pushed the research toward new network technologies and standards for wireless environment. Moreover, everincreasing computing power, memory, and high-end graphic functionalities have accelerated the development of new and exciting wireless servic...

This study investigated the hypothesis that background television affects interactions between parents and very young children. Fifty-one 12-, 24-, and 36-month-old children, each accompanied by 1 parent, were observed for 1 hr of free play in a laboratory space resembling a family room. For half of the hour, an adult-directed television program played in the background on a monaural television...

In the past there has been a lot of research in the area of humancomputer interaction. With the arrival of digital television, the television becomes more and more like a computer. A new form of television is being introduced: interactive television. The only interaction with the television in the past was via the remote control. Interactive television provides opportunities for new interaction...

DOI: 10.2501/JAR-51-1-276-287 INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW Thirty years ago, television was the medium that drove the creation of advertising. In 2011, advertisers aggressively are seeking alternatives to television advertising in the wake of escalating costs and decelerating reach. Audience erosion has been attributed to the proliferation of television channels and the increasing popularity of medi...

The reception of goods is a major challenge in the home delivery business. Most of the home delivery models require the customer to be at home to receive the order during the agreed timeframe. This increases the delivery costs and waiting is inconvenient for the customer. Some e-grocers, such as Peapod in the USA and SOK in Finland, tried to solve the problem by offering reception boxes to some...

The present study examined the relations between preschoolers' television exposure and executive functions (EF). One hundred and nineteen 3- to 6-year-old children and their parents participated. Parents filled in a questionnaire regarding children's television viewing time, television content and parental mediation behaviors about their child's television viewing. The children were asked to fi...

This paper addresses the evaluation of the performance of Advanced Television Systems Committee digital television. The evaluation is carried out through a simulated digital television system using matlab with simulink .The ATSC digital television standard accommodate a system designed to transmit high-quality video and audio, and ancillary data within a single 6-MHz terrestrial television broa...

In this study, the relationship between the viewing of television programs (programs toward God, the lessons of the Quran, the Fath) in the fields of Tehran citizens to moral values (Faith, virtue, purification and self-purification, prayer, reading culture, integrity, justice-oriented, good relations with others) have been investigated. The statistical population of this research over 15 years...