While in the early years of the Web, searching for information and keeping in touch used to be the two main reasons for ’going online’, today we turn to the Web in many different situations, including when we look for entertainment to pass the time or relax. A popular tool to facilitate the users’ desire for entertainment is StumbleUpon, which allows users to “stumble” through the Web one (semi...

City park is a large-scale and centralized comprehensive activity space which open to residents free of charge, mainly for leisure entertainment. It also place holding some cultural activities gatherings. During the epidemic, urban parks have more significance. In post-epidemic era, landscape design has become particularly important, not only provide entertainment environment green pleasant nat...

BACKGROUND Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major concern in the non-manufacturing industries. This study aimed to investigate the occupational noise exposure and the NIHL among Chinese restaurant workers and entertainment employees working in the service industry in Hong Kong. METHODS This cross-sectional survey involved a total of 1,670 participants. Among them, 937 were randomly sele...

A new way of spending leisure time browsing the Internet, using social networking sites, and playing games has created a health problem: cell phone addiction. So-called phonoholism or netholism is most thriving among young people, who prioritize entertainment in real world, which often necessitates physical activity, over virtual requires more static approach. However, some companies have gone ...

With the development of service industry and cultural industry, urban leisure and entertainment services have become an important symbol of the city and the driving force of economic and social development. Karaoke, a typical form of urban entertainment, is immensely popular throughout China, and the number of karaoke bars is expected to keep growing in the future. However, little is known abou...

Entertainment news caters to people's desires for leisure and gossip. Recently, with the Internet popularization, online social network has become a convenient platform netizens receive spread entertainment news. Previous study efforts of focused on analyzing psychological background economic significance However, little attention was paid realistic propagation structure features news, which re...

Psychologists know a lot about the political and ideological correlates of people scoring high on authoritarianism. However, psychologists have less knowledge about such people's everyday pursuits. In the present study, the authors examined authoritarian interest in film, live events, music, and reading. A predictable pattern of correlates emerged. For example, authoritarians enjoyed activities...

BACKGROUND Given the unfavourable health outcomes associated with sedentary behaviours, there is a need to better understand the context in which these behaviours take place to better address this public health concern. We explored self-reported sedentary behaviours by type of day (work/non-work), occupation, and perceptions towards physical activity, in a large sample of adults. METHODS We a...

The subject of this paper is to consider the use music content from Internet in context free time and its functionalisation education. will deal with theoretical problematisation topic an interdisciplinary point view, uniting andragogico-musicological competencies. In that sense, we try further elaborate supplement existing empirical research, results which confirm education appears as a factor...

BACKGROUND The availability of internet-based information resources is increasing and the appropriate use of such resources is an important subject for clinical medical students. The aims of this study were to investigate the behaviors of clinical medical students regarding the use of internet-based activities, to analyze the behavior and characteristics of the students' information demands, an...