News tagged with media image
Spaniards' capacity for analyzing audiovisual messages is very low
The majority of the population does not have sufficient capacity to critically interpret and analyze the audiovisual images and messages coming from the communication media. This is one of the main conclusions ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Online activity grows in a similar pattern to those of real-life networks
The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Has new media desensitized consumers to graphic images?
Because younger news consumers are exposed to graphic images online and through other new media, concerns journalists have about presenting highly graphic images of war to readers/viewers may be unfounded, finds a new University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2011 |
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African-American women less vulnerable to media-driven body dissatisfaction
It's no secret that media images of the “ideal” body type can lead women to be critical of their own bodies and can even contribute to eating disorders.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Study finds problems with reviewing medical images from portable media
Radiologists and referring clinicians frequently use portable media (CDs, DVDs) to review patient medical images acquired at outside imaging centers, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) ...
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Watching violent TV, video games desensitizes teenagers and may promote more aggressive behavior
Watching violent films, TV programmes or video games desensitises teenagers, blunts their emotional responses to aggression and potentially promotes aggressive attitudes and behaviour, according to new research published ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Americans Turn to Al-Jazeera for Raw Images of War, Study FInds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by Shahira Fahmy in the UA School of Journalism showed that visitors to Al-Jazeera's website, including Americans, went there looking for graphic images of war that U.S. media generally don't publish.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Gadgets: Picks from the PhotoPlus Expo
This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Study finds young women's satisfaction with own body image suffers after viewing ultra-thin TV characters
For 10 television seasons Friends was a top-rated feel-good sitcom, which, thanks to syndication now enjoys eternal life. But could something so good actually make people feel bad? Ryerson University researchers think it ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 17, 2009 |
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