Audiovisual Media

Study reveals how type and location of protest influence coverage shared on social media Credit: University of Houston As anti-racism solidarity protests continue around the world, new research suggests mainstream media have…

Credit: Robert Ewing, ASU For some children, screen time before bed translates to less sleep. According to a study from the Arizona State University Department of Psychology, media use in the hour preceding bedtime impacts how kids…

Credit: UPV Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have carried out a comprehensive study of the videos about Covid-19 published on YouTube and directly or indirectly related to the Spanish territory. In total,…

Public health bodies should consider incentivising social media influencers to encourage adolescents to follow social distancing guidelines, say researchers. Many adolescents are choosing to ignore the guidelines set out by governments…

New UCLA study may give parents some peace of mind about their kids' screen timeCredit: Stephen Nowicki Are today's children, who grew up with mobile technology from birth, worse at reading emotions and picking up cues from…

It's a global social media Goliath but it had humble beginnings and now we need it more than ever.Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication It started life as the concept drawing for a mobile 'status update' tool only geeks could…

A new academic evaluation of video-enabled justice published today (Monday 4 May) offers insights for courts, court users and others at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic looks set to necessitate a rapid increase in the use of technology.…

A new algorithm pushes out only as much data as the viewer's internet connection can receive without degrading quality In these days of social distancing, as millions cloister at home to binge-watch TV over the internet, Stanford…

First-of-its-kind study explores phenomenon of visual cues and live video interactionsCredit: Florida Atlantic University From health care to education to media, social distancing across the globe due to coronavirus (COVID-19)…

Scott M. Brooks, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Brooks was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of…

A commercially licensed technology developed by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers could be available to consumers within the next couple of yearsCredit: Mary Theresa McLean/Pixabay Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers…

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07523 By blending paints in their palette, artists can create a broad spectrum of colors with subtly different hues. However, scientists who wish to create a similar range of…

Super fit Instagram posts may be counter-productiveCredit: Flinders University Researchers have found that the #Fitspiration philosophy is flawed, making many women feel worse about themselves and their bodies rather than inspiring them…

Study finds disclaimers on some false news stories make people more readily believe other false stories After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook began putting warning tags on news stories fact-checkers judged to be false. But…

Study participants want to know trial results, and researchers want to tell them but lack lay communication skillsCredit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina Researchers and the participants who enroll in their clinical…

People often resort to using hate speech when searching about terrorism on a community social media platform, a study has found. Community question answering sites (CQAs) are social media platforms where users ask questions, answer those…

This is the result of a study that focuses on flooding as a case study. Their work will be presented at ISCRAM 2020, from 24 to 27 May in Virginia Floods are the natural disaster to cause most damage each year across the world. Valerio…

Credit: Photo credit: Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan-led international team has produced the first web and mobile phone app of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales--the first major literary…

Research reveals consumers don't simply rely on other peoples' opinions in reviews but leverage a combination of reviews and previews when purchasing e-books. The purchase likelihood escalates 31% when consumers are exposed to both…

New research shows real-time social media data may have been a source of military intelligence for the Kremlin and potentially other governmentsCredit: Courtesy of nyaberku Online discourse by users of social media can provide…