Americans' exposure to political talk radio and their
knowledge of public affairs.(Statistical Data Included)
Although call-in programs have been on radio since the 1930s, talk
shows emerged as a new medium for political communication during the
early 1990s (Davis & Owen, 1998). Yet, the size of political . . .
The internet audience: web use as mass behavior.
At last count, over 160 million people in the United States had
access to the Internet, and in a typical week nearly 100 million
actually logged on (Nielsen// NetRatings, 2001). Whether . . .
Explicating sensationalism in television news: content and the
bells and whistles of form.(Statistical Data Included)
Sensationalism in journalism has been discussed with much fervor
over the past decade. Carl Bernstein characterizes one pole of this
public debate when he refers to sensational journalism as . . .
How global does it get? the Teletubbies in Israel.
This study sought to determine how interpretations of Teletubbies,
a program designed for very young viewers and broadcast internationally,
is contextualized within local frameworks. An analysis of . . .
Television Doctors: An Analysis of Physicians in Fictional and
Non-Fictional Television Programs.
One important topic often emphasized by television is that of
physicians and health care. Early research on portrayals of medical
doctors indicates that television presents physicians in a very . . .
Online and in the know: uses and gratifications of the web for
political information.(Statistical Data Included)
In advancing an agenda for studying the Internet, several new
technology researchers have advocated a uses and gratifications approach
to examining the motives for why individuals use the Internet. . . .
The impact of television and directions for controlling what
children view. (Book Review).
Television programming has the power to inform, to guide, to
persuade and to cause audience members to react with a variety of
emotions. This power is both extolled and condemned by viewers, . . .
Tough guys: the portrayal of hypermasculinity and aggression
televised police dramas.(Statistical Data Included)
Countless studies have addressed the issue of the portrayal of
women in the media, with many finding evidence of stereotypes and narrow
roles that may have damaging effects on audience members' . . .
Product placement in Brazilian prime time television: the case of
the reception of a telenovela.
Product placements are commercial insertions within a particular
media program intended to heighten the visibility of a brand, type of
product, or service. These insertions are not intended to . . .
Assessing Text-Picture Correspondence in Television News: The
Development of a New Coding Scheme.
Since the beginning of the 1960s, public opinion surveys have shown
consistently that most people rely on television as their main source of
news information rather than on newspapers or other news . . .
Is there enough time on the clock? Parental involvement and
mediation of children's television viewing.
Over the last three decades, content analysts have measured the
varying extent of violent or sexual material on network and cable
television, justifying their research, in part, on its potential . . .
Third-person effect, gender, and pornography on the
internet.(Statistical Data Included)
The rapid, worldwide growth of the Internet leads to unprecedented
opportunities in applications in business, communication, education, and
entertainment (Hagel & Armstrong, 1997; Johnson, 1997; . . .
Gender roles on prime-time network television: demographics and
behaviors.
Previous research of television programming has shown that males
and females have often been portrayed in stereotypical ways. Coinciding
with the modern feminist movement in the 1960s, a primary . . .
The relationship of perceived beer ad and PSA quality to high
school students' alcohol-related beliefs and behaviors.(Statistica
Research has shown that adolescence is a time of experimentation, a
developmentally normal activity that can put a teen in danger of
engaging in activities such as date rape and alcohol-impaired . . .
American Public Broadcasting: Will It Survive
Adolescence?
Public broadcasting in the United States is in its adolescence.
Just as a parent may feel frustration with teenage children who do not
appear to be fulfilling expectations, contemporary media . . .
An investigation of elaboration and selective scanning as
mediators of learning from the web versus print.
The last decade of the 20th century witnessed the movement of the
World Wide Web from infancy to what now might be considered adolescence.
Traditional print and broadcast media outlets have rushed . . .
Across the Divide. (Book Review).
Social scientists studying children and media have traditionally
drawn upon processes and effects research, cognitive and developmental
psychology, family studies, socialization, communication law . . .
Daytime television talk shows and the cultivation effect among
U.S. and international students.(Statistical Data Included)
Cultivation analysis is one of the more influential research
traditions that has examined the long-term effects of television
viewing. The typical cultivation study begins by identifying the . . .
Exploring the Expanding Domain of Public Telecommunications
Research.
On the morning of June 16, 2001, nearly a hundred public
broadcasting researchers, professionals, and enthusiasts convened in
Neville Hall on the University of Maine campus for the opening . . .
Reconceptualizing Channel Repertoire in the Urban Cable
Environment.
The introduction of a new electronic medium may encourage a
restructuring in the way consumers view established media (Henke &
Donohue, 1989; Krugman, 1985; Lin, 1994), with many . . .
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