In this study we consider how and when interpersonal relations between chief executive officers (CEOs) and journalists can influence the content of journalists’ reporting about corporate leaders and their firms. Specifically, we draw from the social psychological literature on interpersonal influence and social exchange to suggest (i) how the disclosure of relatively low corporate earnings may ...

Evaluating information accuracy in social media is an increasingly important and well-studied area, but limited research has compared journalist-sourced accuracy assessments to their crowdsourced counterparts. Œis paper demonstrates the di‚erences between these two populations by comparing the features used to predict accuracy assessments in two TwiŠer data sets: CREDBANK and PHEME. While our €...

We have studied spectra of nova V1500 Cyg (1975) shortly after its optical maximum. We find that the very wide red wing of the H plus Ca ii H line blend in emission, which was invisible at maximum, appeared a few hours later. What was according to Duerbeck & Wolf (1977) an extremely blue shifted absorption component of Hβ was also seen soon after. These observations can be understood by the pre...

Bioethicists and policymakers are increasingly concerned about the effects on health journalism of relationships between journalists and private corporations. The concern is that relationships between journalists and manufacturers of medicines, medical devices, complementary medicines and food can and do distort health reporting. This is a problem because health news is known to have a major im...

Effective signal transmission is essential for communication. In environments where signal transmission is highly variable, signalers may utilize complex signals, which incorporate multiple components and modalities, to maintain effective communication. Male Rabidosa rabida wolf spiders produce complex courtship signals, consisting of both visual and seismic components. We test the hypothesis t...

The motivation behind this work was to analyze the attitude of the journalist through his 5 serial articles, concerning the local referendum about the construction of nuclear power station, which had written after having interviewed in 4 areas. The articles were composed by his description and the opinion of interviewers: supporters, objectors and others. Employing a mathematical method, the an...