This research examines how the South Korean cable television industry has developed. The research reviews a brief history of the South Korean broadcast television system and examines the U.S. cable television system to provide better understanding of the development of the South Korean cable television. The research explains policies, laws, industrial structure, and three issues of localism, co...

Traditional television screens have lost their monopoly on television content. With a helping hand of digitalization, the introduction of ever more screens in our lives and increasingly faster network technologies, a wide variety of alternative screens and sources of television content are trying to conquer a piece of the audiences' viewing time. This evolution calls for new kinds of services a...

Since the 1960s, communication scholars have attempted to examine television's contributions to viewers' perceptions of a wide variety of topics and issues. Unfortunately, little effort has been made to investigate the influence of television on adolescents' perceptions of social reality. This study investigates the relationship between television viewing and perceptions of social reality among...

OBJECTIVES To test whether increased television viewing is associated with increased total energy intake and with increased consumption of foods commonly advertised on television, and to test whether increased consumption of these foods mediates the relationship between television viewing and total energy intake. DESIGN Prospective observational study with baseline (fall 1995) and follow-up (...

The human brain contains hundreds of billions of neurons and connections, all busily engaged in transmitting the specialized electrical messages that allow the mind and body to sense and respond to the myriad stimuli encountered each moment of every day. In the NIEHS Laboratory of Signal Transduction, scientists study the mechanisms by which environmental agents disrupt these neural pathways, t...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this research was to study whether a fast-paced television show immediately influences preschool-aged children's executive function (eg, self-regulation, working memory). METHODS Sixty 4-year-olds were randomly assigned to watch a fast-paced television cartoon or an educational cartoon or draw for 9 minutes. They were then given 4 tasks tapping executive function, includ...

The success of digital television will depend largely on the reactions of the final user. In this paper, we explore some of these reactions focussing on the test-introduction of digital television in Flanders (Belgium). Based on the findings of two digital interactive test-projects in Flanders, we will look more closely into three specific topics: (1) the domestication of television and its con...