From the Iowa State University press release via ScienceDaily: Most parents carefully select what television programs and movies their children can watch. But a study in the latest Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology found that…
From the Oregon State University press release: A new study has concluded that sports fans love to root for a hero and against a villain, but if the game is exciting, they’ll enjoy it no…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Family interaction and everyday activity strongly influence how television advertisements are experienced and interpreted at home, according to a new study in the Journal…
From the University of Utah press release via EurekAlert!: Backpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test after spending four days in nature disconnected from electronic devices, according to a study by psychologists from…
From the Michigan State University press release via MedicalXpress: Using multiple forms of media at the same time – such as playing a computer game while watching TV – is linked to symptoms of anxiety…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Whether bloggers are writing to change the world, or just discussing a bad break-up, they may get an extra boost of motivation from traffic-measuring and interactive…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Not only is TV not endangered, but it also has a unifying social impact on the nuclear family across the country. This is the main conclusion…
From the University of Massachusetts at Amherst press release via EurekAlert!: It may seem like common sense that the quality of online video streaming affects how willing viewers are to watch videos at a website.…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: Comedians publicly ridiculing a presidential candidate may cause audiences to have negative attitudes toward that individual, according to a study by Amy Bree Becker, Assistant Professor…
From the University of Delaware press release by Andrea Boyle Tippett via EurekAlert!: The fourth installment of the Paranormal Activity films topped the box office last week. Television channel SyFy’s hit show Ghost Hunters scares…