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Tag: AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
Hollywood stereotypes of female journalists feed a ‘vicious cycle’ of sexism
A researcher asks, who believes that female reporters have sex with their sources?
Nintendo® wii may help improve balance in children with cerebral palsy
Therapy based on the Nintendo® Wii Balance Board can help improve balance in children with cerebral palsy, according to an analysis published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology . For the analysis, researchers from the University of Jaén, in Andalusia,…
New archive to document controversial writer and broadcaster Don Cupitt
Former TV presenter reached popularity in the 80s for his divisive BBC series Sea of Faith
Study finds age doesn’t affect perception of ‘speech-to-song illusion’
LAWRENCE — A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to sound like a song. This phenomenon, called the “speech-to-song illusion,” can offer a window into how the mind operates and…
Can TV shows help teens navigate bullying, depression and other mental health issues?
Yes, says a UCLA report, but only when they approach topics in a credible, supportive way
The doctor will see you (on the computer) now: telehealth’s time has come
Telehealth gained popularity during the pandemic. New research from Syracuse University shows it won’t be going away anytime soon
Using spatial distance strategically with luxury and popular product displays
News from the Journal of Marketing
NASA NeMO-Net video game helps researchers understand global coral reef health
NASA researchers invite the public to become citizen scientists and contribute towards their research on coral reef ecosystems by playing the NeMO-Net video game
News media keeps pressing the mute button on women’s sports
A 30-year study of coverage finds that television news and ESPN’s SportsCenter continue to ignore women’s sports
What happens in your brain when you ‘lose yourself’ in fiction
Study examines fans of ‘Game of Thrones’ characters
Tweens and TV: UCLA’s 50-year survey reveals the values kids learn from popular shows
Values have changed from decade to decade, often reflecting shifts in the broader culture
Shimmer Research launches NeuroLynQ@Home platform to enable at-home online psychophysiological neuromarketing research
NeuroLynQ@Home™ assesses participants’ emotional responses to a wide variety of entertainment, advertisements, marketing materials and other stimuli in their own home
New tool makes students better at detecting fake imagery and videos
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a digital self-test that trains users to assess news items, images and videos presented on social media. The self-test has also been evaluated in a scientific study, which confirmed the researchers’ hypothesis that the…
Research analyses misinformation and media coverage during COVID-19
At an informative level, the highlighted aspect during the first few months of the pandemic was the leading role of experts in “the need for authorised voices that can somehow contextualise what is happening, especially in a situation of uncertainty”,…
Independent music squashed out of streaming playlists and revenue
Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify – argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia. The paper, published…
For students of color, online racism leads to real-world mental health challenges
Whether it’s a “Zoombomb” filled with racial slurs, a racist meme that pops up in a Facebook timeline, or a hate-filled comment on an Instagram post, social media has the power to bring out the worst of the worst. For…
Communities and Communication conference 2021: Connections
The virtual event, on 24 April 2021, will explore the ways in which communities start, develop and grow, what is created within those groups and how real connections are built within the virtual environment. The programme features contributions from musicians,…
The market advantage of a feminine brand name
News from the Journal of Marketing
New book: How oil influenced the film industry
The oil industry recognized the potential of films and movies early on and, since the start of the 20th century, has attempted to influence society through its own productions. The new book “Petrocinema”, published by researchers at Martin Luther University…
Prestigious Sci-Tech Oscar goes to three former computer science PhD students
Three award winners earned their doctorates under Philipp Slusallek at Saarland University. The university professor and DFKI researcher has significantly advanced the award-winning ray tracing technology over the past two decades. Today, this technology provides many Hollywood movies and computer…
Study links exposure to nighttime artificial lights with elevated thyroid cancer risk
People living in regions with high levels of outdoor artificial light at night may face a higher risk of developing thyroid cancer. The finding comes from a study published early online in CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal of the American…
Women’s voices in the media still outnumbered by those of men – study
New gender gap research finds men outnumber women quoted in the media about three to one
Audiovisual professionalisation affects how the brain perceives media content
Professionalisation in any field requires long-term experience and training. In the past decades, studies have demonstrated that the professionalisation of athletes and artists create differences in the behaviour of the brain while carrying out activities related to their area of…
Jihadi online media productions and how different groups deal with them
A new book looks at the use of audiovisual media by jihadi groups and their supporters as well as at how these contributions are being countered
Talking like a woman in TED Talks is associated with more popularity
Talking like a woman at online TED Talks is being “uniquely rewarded” with more views according to researchers, who say female language style is an “underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence”. The study published in PLOS ONE by…
Female language style promotes visibility and influence online
A female-typical language style promotes the popularity of talks in the digital context and turns out to be an underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence. This was shown by UZH psychologists in an international study in which they…
Reactive Video playback that you control with your body
Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, your body movement
AI tool may predict movies’ future ratings
Researchers use AI to identify violent, substance-abuse, sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot
Analysis of Trump’s tweets reveals systematic diversion of the media
President Donald Trump’s controversial use of social media is widely known and theories abound about its ulterior motives. New research published today in Nature Communications claims to provide the first evidence-based analysis demonstrating the US President’s Twitter account has been…
When kids watch a lot of TV, parents may end up more stressed
The more TV kids watch, the more ads they see and the more likely they are to ask for things on shopping trips, research shows
Irish and UK research helps to unravel secrets behind Game of Thrones
Researchers from five universities across the UK and Ireland – including UL’s Dr Pádraig MacCarron – came together to unravel ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, the books on which the TV series is based.
Best way to detect ‘deepfake’ videos? Check for the pulse
Binghamton University, Intel team up for ‘FakeCatcher,’ which monitors faces’ bloodflow data
Seeing no longer believing: the manipulation of online images
Online images are not always what they seem, especially on social media
Player behavior in the online game EVE Online may reflect real world country
Virtual worlds may reflect social and economic behavior in the real world, according to a study published October 21, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andres M. Belaza and colleagues from Ghent University, Belgium. People around the world…
Global research center secures UN funding to extend work to Brazil
Innovative research uses video games to prevent online sexual exploitation of children
Media’s reporting on gun violence does not reflect reality, study finds
A new study, led by the doctors who regularly treat gunshot victims, examined the way the media covers shootings and found that news reports place a disproportionate emphasis on fatal and multiple shootings, while also focusing on uncommon victims, such…
Television advertising limits can reduce childhood obesity, study concludes
Limiting the hours of television advertising for foods and beverages high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) could make a meaningful contribution to reducing childhood obesity, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Oliver Mytton…
Social media postings linked to hate crimes
A new paper in the Journal of the European Economic Association, published by Oxford University Press, explores the connection between social media and hate crimes. The researchers combined methods from applied microeconomics with text analysis tools to investigate how negative…
Lack of diversity means box-office blues for Hollywood films, UCLA study shows
High-budget movies stand to lose tens of millions during opening weekend
Screen time can change visual perception — and that’s not necessarily bad
BINGHAMTON, NY — The coronavirus pandemic has shifted many of our interactions online, with Zoom video calls replacing in-person classes, work meetings, conferences and other events. Will all that screen time damage our vision? Maybe not. It turns out that…
When two tribes go to war — how tribalism polarized the Brexit social media debate
Tribal behaviour on social media widened the gulf between Remain and Leave voters in the United Kingdom’s debate whether to leave the European Union, re-aligned the UK’s political landscape, and made people increasingly susceptible to disinformation campaigns, new research from the University of Bath shows.
Video is not always effective in science communication
Audiences shown a video about coral reefs had less willingness to pay (WTP) for conservation than when shown a slideshow of texts and photographs. The findings suggest the importance of the type and amount of information used in science communication.…
Examining Congress members’ popularity on Instagram
Social media influencers on Capitol Hill
Untapped potential for TikTok to convey COVID-19 guidance
Research reveals regrettably little health information in coronavirus-tagged videos
How animation speed affects consumers’ perception of product size
News from the Journal of Marketing
LSU Health study suggests snap diagnoses may be more accurate
New Orleans, LA – A pilot study conducted by a team of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine faculty has found that Snapchat is an effective tool to teach residents emergency radiology. The results are published online in Emergency…
COVID-19: Social media users more likely to believe false information
A new study led by researchers at McGill University finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19.
Media Solution Center Baden-Württemberg welcomes 2 new member organizations
The Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra join a growing network that the MSC is building to promote innovation at the intersection of the arts, science, and technology
Desert island discs: Music listened to in younger years defines us forever, research finds
Researchers at the University of Westminster and City University of London analysing the music record choices of guests on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme has found that the music we listen to between the age of 10 and 30 define us for the rest of our lives.