Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media articles from September 2008

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media archives from September 2008

Personality traits, television viewing, and the cultivation effect.(Report)
September 1, 2008... More than three decades of cultivation research support small, though significant, effects of television (TV) exposure on perceptions of social reality (e.g., Morgan & Shanahan, 1996). Theoretically, the most commonly cited explanation for such...

A TV in the bedroom: implications for viewing habits and risk behaviors during early adolescence.(television)(Report)
September 1, 2008... Children and adolescents have televisions in their bedrooms at the discretion of their parents. Parents often hand down an old set when they purchase a new one. Handing down televisions is not only expedient and frugal, it could also bring...

The relationship between exposure to sexual music videos and young adults' sexual attitudes.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Understanding sexual relationships and gender-specific norms is a fundamental task involved in the social development of adolescents and young adults (Arnett, 2000). Although parents and peers are generally acknowledged to be important sources...

What is the appropriate regulatory response to wardrobe malfunctions? Fining stations for television sex and violence.(Report)
September 1, 2008... From industry self-censoring to punitive responses from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), attempts to manage the content of electronic media have a long history. For example, Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show raised the issue of...

The role of motivation and media involvement in explaining Internet dependency.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Since its inception, the Internet has been hailed because it is convenient, informative, resourceful, and entertaining. It has been estimated that over 54 million Americans go online each day (DiMaggio, Hargittai, Neuman, & Robinson, 2001)....

Understanding the interactive effects of emotional appeal and claim strength in health messages.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Each year a significant number of preteens and teens begin experimenting with alcohol and drugs. In a recent study 41% of 8th graders, 73% of 10th graders, and 86% of 12th graders reported that marijuana was accessible to them (Johnston,...

Visual framing of the early weeks of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq: applying the master war narrative to electronic and print images.(Report)
September 1, 2008... One of the most vivid ways journalism reports war to the world is through images: photographs, video, graphics, icons, and maps. These reports and the news frames they help build are important because they can affect not only how audiences...

How gender and age affect newscasters' credibility--an investigation in Switzerland.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Without any doubt, television plays a dominant role in modern life. In the United States the average TV consumption is more than 4 hours per day (TV-Turnoff Network, 2004). In Switzerland, where this study was conducted, the TV consumption is...

Cultural proximity and audience behavior: the role of language in patterns of polarization and multicultural fluency.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Cultural proximity is the intuitively appealing notion that people will gravitate toward media from their own culture. In a world where diverse populations have access to increasingly abundant media environments, it has emerged as an important...

The American journalist in the 21st century.(The American Journalist in the 21st Century: U.S. News People at the Dawn of a New Millennium)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Weaver, D. H., Beam, R. A., Brownlee, B. J., Voakes, P. S., & Wilholt, G. C. (2006). The American journalist in the 21st century: U.S. news people at the dawn of a new millennium. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 304 pages. ...

Disability and the media.(Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Riley, C. R., II. (2005). Disability and the media: Prescriptions for change. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. 258 pages. This book is an excellent treatment of a topic that, though given lip service, often is overlooked in...