This article argues as follows: (i) The presence of the dead within a society depends in part on available communication technologies, specifically speech, stone, sculpture, writing, printing, photography and phonography (including the mass media), and most recently the internet. (ii) Each communication technology affords possibilities for the dead to construct and legitimate particular social ...

This paper explores the role of film and medical-health practices and discourses in the building and legitimating strategies of Franco's fascist regime in Spain. The analysis of five medical-colonial documentary films produced during the 1940s explores the relationship between mass media communication practices and techno-scientific knowledge production, circulation and management processes. Th...

The objective was to measure the presence of any interaction between the effect of mobile covert speed camera enforcement and the effect of intensive mass media road safety publicity with speed-related themes. During 1999, the Victoria Police varied the levels of speed camera activity substantially in four Melbourne police districts according to a systematic plan. Camera hours were increased or...

Over the past decade, social media platforms have penetrated deeply into the mechanics of everyday life, affecting people's informal interactions, as well as institutional structures and professional routines. Far from being neutral platforms for everyone, social media have changed the conditions and rules of social interaction. In this article, we examine the intricate dynamic between social m...

Introduction: Mass media influence the health behaviors ofadolescents. Evidence shows that traditional strategies suchas censorship or limitation are no longer efficient; therefore,teaching media literacy is the best way to protect adolescents fromharmful effects. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate theeffects of a media literacy training program on knowledge andbehavioral intention of ...

We develop the concept of frequency dependent effective mass, M[over ](omega), of jammed granular materials which occupy a rigid cavity to a filling fraction of 48%, the remaining volume being air of normal room condition or controlled humidity. The dominant features of M[over ](omega) provide signatures of the dissipation of acoustic modes, elasticity, and aging effects in the granular medium....

Online social media are rapidly complementing and even replacing person-to-person social contacts. The broadcast model of traditional mass media as channels for the diffusion of information is equally losing traction. As a result, online social networks and media have become a crucial turf on which public relations, marketing, and political battles are fought. Viral messages and political smear...

IN 1959, A RURAL COUPLE TOOK THEIR 9-MONTH-OLD SON, “JOHN,” TO BE tested for something they had never heard of before, hemophilia. They had just read an article about the disease in Reader’s Digest and wondered if John’s bruising and listlessness could be explained by the unfamiliar bleeding disorder. Soon thereafter, John was diagnosed with hemophilia A, a coagulation defect that required coun...