BACKGROUND There is a growing problem of physical inactivity in America, and approximately a quarter of the population report being completely sedentary during their leisure time. In the U.S., TV viewing is the most common leisure-time activity. Stepping in place during TV commercials (TV Commercial Stepping) could increase physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibi...

This article investigates the role of viewers’ personality traits, sensation-seeking, and voyeurism in relation to reported consumption of voyeuristic program content in various television genres. A uses and gratifications approach was employed to identify factors predicting appeal of particular TV programs. The study combines two types of media research: survey and content analysis. Results we...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk kesalahan fonologi pada program acara Kick Andy di stasiun televisi Metro TV. Jenis penelitian merupakan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam adalah semua tuturan diucapkan oleh pembawa dan narasumber 4 episode Teknik pengumpulan teknik simak catat. analisis dilakukan mengidentifikasi, mengklasifik...

BACKGROUND Decreasing television (TV)-viewing time may improve child health and well-being. These viewing patterns are shaped during the preschool years. Because mothers play an important role in determining how much TV their preschool children watch, a better understanding is needed of the maternal factors that influence children's TV viewing. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of depress...

This article summarizes the proceedings of a workshop sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Vaccine Program Office, and held in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 21, 2000. The objective of the meeting was to focus research toward an understanding of the basis for the possible association between intussusception and the reassortant rhesus-human rotavirus vaccine tetravalen...

PURPOSE. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of physical activity and television (TV) viewing time with retinal vascular caliber in a multiethnic Asian population. METHODS. Chinese, Indian, and Malay participants (n = 3866) were examined cross-sectionally in the Singapore Prospective Study Program (2004-2007). Leisure-time physical activity and TV viewing time were assessed by...

This paper introduces the Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting DVB-T, stating its innovative aspects and its major advantages for data broadcasting, particularly TV broadcasting. It also presents the experimental DVB-T network built up by Retevisión in the framework of the Spanish VIDITER project (Terrestrial Digital Video) and the European ACTS VALIDATE (Verification and launch of Integrated...

In the past few years there has been an increasing trend towards personalization in the TV world. IMS-based IPTV is a good example of a highly personalized IPTV architecture, featuring an advanced identity management subsystem. This article studies a next step in the personalization of the television experience: concurrent use of TV services that are supported by the IMSbased IPTV system. That ...