websites have been considered as one of the most important means of communication among different stakeholders. regarding this fact, the news websites have been taken into account as one of the most important types of websites since they provide the users with significant information providing capabilities and they also play a major role in creating and disseminating knowledge in the society. t...

The bad news principle states that only the expected severity of future bad news matters for the decision whether to invest today, good news should not matter at all. This paper tests this prediction using firm level expectation data.  2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

background: in spite of the increased range of inactivity and obesity among iranian adults, insufficient research has been done on environmental factors influencing physical activity. as a result adapting a subjective (self-report) measurement tool for assessment of physical environment in iran is critical. accordingly, in this study neighborhood environment walkability scale (news) was adapted...

objective: bad news disclosure is one of the most complex tasks of physicians. recent evidences indicate that patients' and physicians' attitude toward breaking bad news has been changed since few years ago. the evidence of breaking bad news is different across cultures. the aim of this study is to evaluate the attitude of medical staff toward breaking bad news to provide a clinical guideline i...

  Background :People are increasingly interested in health news. As a mass media, the ‘Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’ (IRIB) has the highest number of target audiences. In Iran, some people follow health news via health programs on satellites and other means of communication. However, all of these programs do not live up to the standards of scientific evidence. In this study, we examine...

Background: Although the scientific literature has extensively discussed the impact of the media on people’s health-related behaviors, there is little evidence on the effect of different sources of Covid-19 vaccine news on changing the intention to adhere to health protocols. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the news sources of Covid vaccine 19 and the association of ea...

This article is part of a much broader study of persuasive techniques in television news in Iran. As a very important part of IRIB news IRINN has been chosen for this study. If we assume that one of the most influential television news, the power of persuasion to influence the audience is very important. It seemed that choosing the highest hypothetical level of news and deconstructing it would ...

News materials are reports on events occurring in a given time and location. Looking at the influence of individual event, an event that has news reported worldwide is strategically more important than one that is only covered by local news agencies. In fact, news coverage of an event can accurately determine the event’s importance and potential impact on the society. In this paper, we present ...

one of the most important concepts in financial statement analysis and evaluation is conservatism. thus recognition of the factors which influence conservatism can considerably help the investor in managing the selection of more conservative assets properly and avoiding the untrue exposure of financial statements. this research is about to consider the relation of effective factors on organizat...