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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"media consumption"”.
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The media consumption patterns of female inmates
This dissertation investigated the media consumption patterns of female inmates at the Corradino Correctional Facility. The purpose of the study was to determine the role that media plays in the unique situation of incarceration and how the inmates use media opportunities in this specific …
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Media consumption, identity and the Pakistani diaspora
This research seeks to address the issue of media consumption and the formation of diaspora identity within second and third generation British-born residents of Pakistani origin. In recent years there has been much debate centred on this group within the context of domestic and wider international …
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Media consumption amid contestation: Northern Nigerians’ engagement with the BBC World Service
… Nigerians’ interactions with international media, focusing particularly on their engagement with the BBC World Service. Employing a multidimensional qualitative research approach, the study examines the historical background of the relationship, the transformations it has undergone, and how …
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Mass media consumption and its effects on college students' healthy and unhealthy behaviors
… has become more and more advanced, mass media have become a constant fixture in American life. Our society has become heavily dependent on mass media for its entertainment value, socialization ability and ever present window to the world. This study is based on the power that the mass …
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The media & Japanese children in diaspora: understanding Japanese families’ media consumption & everyday lives in London
This study examined the media consumption of the Japanese sojourners in London which is the largest Japanese diaspora in Europe. Japanese sojourners are sent by their companies and tend to upgrade their lifestyles supported by the employers. Eleven Japanese sojourners' families who had children …
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Media Consumption and the Construction of Diasporic Identities of Youth of Pakistani Origin in Britain
The topic of this thesis is ‘Media Consumption and the Construction of Diasporic Iden-tities of Youth of Pakistani Origin in Britain’. This research aims to investigate interplay between consumption of media and the construction of identity of young people of Pakistani heritage born and brought up …
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Crime, Media, and The American Dream: The Role of Media Consumption in Institutional Anomie Theory
… is transmitted directly to citizens through the consumption of media representations, using over 6000 cases from the public use portion of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD Health). A series of logistic regressions were conducted to determine the influence of television …
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An exploratory investigation of Web usage : consumer behavior, information search, and the effects on traditional media consumption
… as well as the effects of the Web on their consumption of traditional media. In order to investigate the above issues, the study draws upon theoretical research in such areas as external memory and hotlists (Coupey, 1996; Hoffman and Novak, 1996); consideration sets (Schmidt and Spreng, …
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The Dystopian Impulse and Media Consumption: Redefining Utopia Via the Narrative Economics of the New Media Age
… and Aldous Huxley within the context of the new media age. In <em>Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business</em> Neil Postman draws a dichotomy between the prophecies of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. He claims that Orwell's vision of the future which he presents …
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The Effects of Mass Media Consumption on Accuracy of Beliefs About The Candidates in a Local Congressional Election
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Children's Music, MP3 Players, and Expressive Practices at a Vermont Elementary School: Media Consumption as Social Organization among Schoolchildren
… growth has paralleled the expansion of portable media technologies throughout U.S. consumer culture. The increasing availability of portable media devices, along with the widespread installation of Internet terminals in schools and educators' turn toward corporate-produced "edutainment" for …
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Exploring the impact of media consumption on interpersonal interaction intentions: an examination of the social effect of exposure to mental illness
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Média multitasking. Az új generációk megváltozó médiafogyasztási és kommunikációs szokásairól = Media multitasking. On new generations’ changing habits of media consumption and communication
Az utóbbi évek kutatási eredményei szerint az információs kor emberének kommunikációs és médiafogyasztási szokásait meghatározza a multitasking, amely az ifjúsági korosztályok mellet a teljes felnőtt társadalomban is egyre gyakoribb. A multitasking témában készült kutatások jellemzően a …
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Fashion in an Age of Transindividual Disruption: Feeling the fashion milieu through fashion media and mobile phone technology
… between mobile technology, fashion media consumption, and user affect. The research originates from observations at the London College of Fashion in 2013, where students' profound digital immersion appeared to compromise their engagement with physical learning environments. Drawing …
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Attitudes Towards Undocumented Immigrants: Influences of Political Ideology, Media Bias Exposure, Race/Ethnicity, and Ethnocultural Empathy
… the relationships among political ideology, media bias exposure, ethnocultural empathy, and attitudes toward immigrants, with a focus on the mediating role of ethnocultural empathy. A sample of 402 undergraduate psychology students at a large public university in Texas completed measures …
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Emotional eating in early Jamaican adolescents: the role of remote acculturation, psychological distress and U.S. media
… and (3) to determine if remote acculturation mediates the association between consumption of US-produced media and emotional eating. Data were used from the Culture, Health, and Family Life Study, a multidisciplinary exploration of Americanization as a potential risk factor for adolescent …
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When the Movies Come to Life: Media Violence and Physiological Pain Response
<p>This study tested the hypothesis that lifetime media violence consumption, recent media violence consumption, and exposure to a violent video clip would increase physiological pain tolerance. Participants were asked to self-report their lifetime and recent media consumption and were then exposed …
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Multiply-mediated households : Space and power reflected in everyday media use
… contemporary Australian families incorporate the consumption of multiple media technologies within their home environments. It uses an approach similar to David Morley's (1986) Family Television where he explored the consumption of television programs in the context of everyday family life. He …
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An empirical investigation into the 'piracy' of television series in South Africa
… recognising it as a significant trend in media consumption. The key questions that are examined in this paper include: Who are these individuals, what is their viewing behaviour and why? This paper thus examines the literature available surrounding the profile, the motivations, and the …
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