Audiovisual Media

The US 'infodemic' has spread to Canada, fuelled by social media Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A study led by McGill University shows that…

Credit: Thomas Nygren 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…

Credit: Pirámide 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,…

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…

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 college students…

Credit: Bloomsbury Academic 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",…

Credit: DFKI 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…

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…

New gender gap research finds men outnumber women quoted in the media about three to one New research from Simon Fraser University shows that women's voices continue to be underrepresented in the media, despite having prominent female…

Credit: Neuro-Com (UAB), Instituto RTVE and the Neuroscience Division (UPO). Professionalisation in any field requires long-term experience and training. In the past decades, studies have demonstrated that the professionalisation of…

Credit: Moritz Mentges Virtual 'exergaming' has become a popular way to exercise - especially among younger people - since the release of virtual reality (VR) fitness games on consoles such as Nintendo and Playstation. But while VR…

Holocaust memory in the shadow of pandemic; Hebrew University study analyzes how Corona has changed how we remember As the world prepares to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, communities and memorials…

Study shows people are influenced more by fact-checks after they read news headlines, not before The battle to stop false news and online misinformation is not going to end any time soon, but a new finding from MIT scholars may help ease…

Early intervention with tailored messaging may stop the spread of misinformationCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Warnings about misinformation are now regularly posted on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media…

When compared to non-humorous news clips, viewers are not only more likely to share humorously presented news, but also more likely to remember content from these segments In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the…

Researchers analyzed more than 500 mentions in over 450 stories from digital news outlets covering preprint COVID-19 research A new SFU-led study finds that less than half of media stories in early 2020 featuring COVID-19 "preprint"…

Effective posts led to better understanding among new parentsCredit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviors, it's critical to make sure the words match…

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…

Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, your body movementCredit: Chris Clarke Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting…

Researchers use AI to identify violent, substance-abuse, sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot Movie ratings can determine a movie's appeal to consumers and the size of its potential audience. Thus, they have an…