Media research has shown that people enjoy watching television as a part of socializing in groups. However, many constraints in daily life limit the opportunities for doing so. The Social TV project builds on the increasing integration of television and computer technology to support sociable, computer-mediated group viewing experiences. In this paper, we describe the initial results from a ser...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether excessive television viewing throughout childhood and adolescence is associated with increased antisocial behavior in early adulthood. METHODS: We assessed a birth cohort of 1037 individuals born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972–1773, at regular intervals from birth to age 26 years. We used regression analysis to investigate the associations between television ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The consumption of unhealthy snack and beverages can lead to childhood obesity, which has become a major concern globally. Television food advertisements may influence children's snack and beverages preferences. This article aims to explore children's snack and beverage consumption habits; examine the extent of television advertising for non-core (energy-dense, nutrien...

243 words) Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to examine the cultivation effects of television advertising viewing on the perceived affluence in society and the materialistic value orientations among adolescents in urban and rural China. Design/methodology/approach—A survey of 646 adolescents aged 11 to 17 in Guangzhou city and in a rural county of Henan province were conducted in 2006. Const...

PURPOSE The news media plays an important role in agenda setting and framing of stories about tobacco control. The purpose of this study was to examine newspaper, newswire and television coverage of tobacco issues in the USA over a 7-year period. METHODS Analyses of 2004-2010 news media surveillance system data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Hea...

Television production has shifted rapidly from an analog process to one where virtually all programs are created and finalized as digital files. Such productions in public television are at great risk of being lost, because practices for long-term preservation of digital video are just now emerging, and because there is no mandate for preservation within the public broadcasting system. NDIIPP f...

The number of channels and genres offered by television and video service providers has increased and proliferated tremendously in recent years. This continuous increase is as a result of different factors such as preferences, interests, tastes and demographics of individuals who watch television and video. In order for television and video service providers to attract, retain and satisfy custo...

An increasing number of studies have linked presence to other media effects, typically as a mediating variable. Scholars have also examined individual differences in the experience of presence. For this study, the authors tested whether real world experiences would impact presence sensations when similar scenarios were acted on in television programming. A random sample telephone survey was uti...

One of the media in mass communication that has greatest influence on formation public opinion is television. Television can provide a variety information so it be used by completing their knowledge. In order to present television programs attract interest, good program needed entertain public. Factors support this interesting are human resources, capital, and production process.