BACKGROUND This study investigates the coverage of adherence to medicine by the UK and US newsprint media. Adherence to medicine is recognised as an important issue facing healthcare professionals and the newsprint media is a key source of health information, however, little is known about newspaper coverage of medication adherence. METHODS A search of the newspaper database Nexis®UK from 200...

Information delivery is undergoing profound changes. The established media such as radio, television, and newspapers are faced with a variety of new digital content formats. New dimensions of publishing can be exploited in the case of newspaper production. This paper investigates the changes in the production models of newspaper organizations caused by the introduction of information technology...

Abstract This study of contemporary American English examines how males and females are evaluated in terms their personality, physical appearance, societal importance, etc. across various registers. In this study, evaluation is defined as an expression a speaker or writer’s attitude toward, viewpoint on, feelings about male female referent, which generally carries positive negative meaning. The...

Re. Bsearchers have long been interested in adolescents' media use. Surprisingly, however, few studies have investigated young teens' newspaper consumption habits. These studies document the significant declines in newspaper readership in general and among young readers in particular.' Fewer researchers have examined the impact of race on newspaper readership.^ Additionally, there are no large-...

We have studied the pre-adoption phase of the e-newspaper, i.e. a newspaper published with epaper technology. The research question of this article is: In what way can a user centered innovation process contribute to identifying key values in mobile innovations? The aim of this article is threefold: firstly, to identify key values for the e-newspaper, secondly, to examine the intention to adopt...