Television via the Internet: new directions.(Book Review)
Noam, E., Groebel, J., & Gerbarg, D. (Eds.). (2004). Internet
television. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 250 pages.
The process of integrating the Internet with television is already
well underway. . . .
Toward ethical cyberspace audience research: strategies for using
the Internet for television audience studies.
The increasing dissemination of Internet technologies may provide
the greatest revolution in the study of media audiences since critical
media scholars began turning their attention to audiences in . . .
Evening the score in prime time: the relationship between
behind-the-scenes women and on-screen portrayals in the 2002-2003
seas
According to director Martha Coolidge, "gender, being a woman,
affects everything" (Gregory, 2002, p. 132). Her perspective, as
well as those of others, have been colorfully archived in a spate . . .
Exploring the factors influencing the adoption of interactive
cable television services in Taiwan.
Television digitalization is an important part of national
information infrastructures, and several developed countries such as the
United States, United Kingdom. and Japan have already started . . .
Webcasting adoption: technology fluidity, user innovativeness,
and media substitution.
Webcasting, hailed by some as the last frontier of the Internet
era, has thus far been trekking sluggishly along its diffusion curve at
7% (Morrissey, 2003). This lackluster adoption rate is . . .
To broadband or not to broadband: the relationship between
high-speed Internet and knowledge and participation.
Rapid diffusion of the World Wide Web in past decades has prompted
a number of scholars and pundits to inquire about the impact this new
technology has on society (Norris, 2001). Researchers have . . .
Student instant message use in a ubiquitous computing
environment: effects of deficient self-regulation.
People who spend increasing amounts of time in digital
communication may be neglecting face-to-face relationships or other
responsibilities. Some also may be developing unhealthy behavior
patterns . . .
Measuring television addiction.
People can be described as dependent on television to varying
degrees. The study of dependence on television is important for two
reasons. First, research has yet to define clearly normal versus . . .
A social cognitive theory of Internet uses and gratifications:
toward a new model of media attendance.
The addition of the Internet to the electronic media environment
has renewed interest in the question of media attendance: the factors
that explain and predict individual exposure to the media. . . .
Violent virtual video games and hostile thoughts.
The enormous controversy surrounding violent video games has been
fueled by conflicting claims about the nature of their content and the
relationship between game use and hostility. Spurred by . . .
Contextualizing international communication.(Book Review)
Anokwa, K., Lin, C. A., & Salwen, M. B. (Eds.) (2003).
International communication: Concepts and cases. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth,
297 pages.
International Communication: Concepts and Cases . . .
CNN's tailwind tale.(Book Review)
Lembcke, J. (2003) CNN's tailwind tale: Inside Vietnam's
last great myth. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 217 pages.
Half a dozen years ago, when I was a correspondent for CNN in
Washington, . . .
Selling political integrity: telenovelas, intertextuality, and
local elections in rural Brazil.
Telenovelas, prime-time serial melodramas that dominate Brazilian
television, are active players in the national political and social
discourse. This article analyzes an example in which the text . . .
Aging on television: messages relating to gender, race, and
occupation in prime time.
Prime-time network programs broadcast between 1993 and 2002
under-represent elderly characters. More women between the ages of 50
and 64 were classified as elderly rather than middle-aged. The . . .
Little in common: racial and gender differences in
adolescents' television diets.
The assumption that adolescents exist in a common youth culture
that cuts across race and gender lines is examined. A sample of 2,942
middle schoolers completed questionnaires. Of the 140 . . .
Television viewing, perceived similarity, and adolescents'
expectations of a romantic partner.
This study aimed to explore the relationships between overall and
romantically themed television viewing and adolescents'
expectations of a romantic partner. A sample of 428 15- and . . .
Expressions of identity online: prominent features and gender
differences in adolescents' World Wide Web home pages.
Despite the popularity of World Wide Web home pages among
adolescents, we know little about their distinguishing features or
utility. Accordingly, this article describes a content analysis . . .
The effects of the media on body image: a meta-analysis.
The media have been criticized for depicting the thin woman as
ideal. Some argue these images create unrealistic expectations for young
women and cause body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. . . .
How America adopted radio: demographic differences in set
ownership reported in the 1930-1950 U.S. censuses.
Radio set ownership data reported in the U.S. Censuses of 1930,
1940, and 1950 suggest that several factors affected the rate of radio
adoption during these decades. Although a majority of U.S. . . .
Liberating American communications: foreign ownership regulations
from the Radio Act of 1912 to the Radio Act of 1927.
Although foreign ownership regulations, embodied in Section 12 of
the Radio Act of 1927, are most commonly associated with propaganda and
broadcasting, this study shows that they targeted wireless . . .
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