From the Ohio State University press release: Watching meaningful films — those that we find moving and poignant — can make us feel more prepared to deal with life’s challenges and want to be a…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: A comprehensive review published in the journal Psychological Science re-examines previous work that claimed to show a direct link between early screen time and attention problems in children. Although…
From the Penn State press release: Tales of post-apocalyptic landscapes in which few survivors emerge into a new and much different world have long been popular tales woven by screenwriters and authors. While many enjoy…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the stern faces of newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather as trusted sources for news…
From the Ohio State University press release: People may cheer the demise of evil villains in fiction, but the deaths we most remember are the meaningful and sad endings of the characters we loved, research…
From the American Marketing Association press release: Researchers from Western University and University of Houston published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines whether spoiler movie reviews harm box office revenue. The study, forthcoming…
From the University of Bath press release: Children engrossed in popular kids’ TV programmes such as Peppa Pig, or films like Toy Story or Frozen, are exposed to up to nine incidents of pain for…
From the University of Arizona press release: There’s bad news for parents who frequently plop their kids in front of the TV to give themselves a break: It might actually end up leaving moms and…
From the University of Exeter press release: Watching high quality nature programmes on TV can uplift people’s moods, reduce negative emotions, and help alleviate the kind of boredom associated with being isolated indoors, according to…
From the PLOS press release: A new study of 8- to 11-year olds reveals an association between heavy television use and poorer reading performance, as well as between heavy computer use and poorer numeracy —…