In the course of the last decade, media consumption patterns among young people have changed markedly. A substantial proportion of teenagers and young adults in industrialised countries now have access to and make use of computers, the Internet, games consoles and mobile devices in addition to “old” media such as television and radio. The hypothesis in this paper is that out-of-school media use...

Exploring the various factors that lead to Muslim intolerance, specifically the role of media consumption and the control variables of age and education levels

This study aimed to test the conceptual model on the causal relationship of motivation and consumption intention. To this end, 390 spectators who were present at the stadium, were randomly selected using stratified random sampling. They voluntarily completed Funk’s Motivation Scale and spectators’ consumption intention questionnaire. Structural Equation findings indicted a significantly positiv...

The appearance  of a consume society in the result of giving a Hint to body and physical features and consequently very important. Body is also very important for social acceptability and people try to arrange their bodies and physical features according to their social codes. Body modification like, make up, surgery, losing weight, slimming, sporting and body care is called body management. T...

The Influence of the Media Environment on Physical Activity: Looking for the Big Picture Media consumption is expected to continue to increase well into the future. With this in mind the author suggests opportunities to influence the media environment for the purposes of promoting physical activity. A research agenda focused on media consumption, media content, commercial considerations, promot...