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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Neuroculture.

30 Oct 2009 Neuroscience addresses questions that, if resolved, will reveal aspects of our individuality. Therefore neuroscientific knowledge is not solely constrained within laboratories, but readily captures the attention of the public at large. Ideas, ... Read more...

Food and beverage brands that market to children and adolescents on the internet: a content analysis of branded web sites.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To identify food and beverage brand Web sites featuring designated children's areas, assess marketing techniques present on those industry Web sites, and determine nutritional quality of branded food items marketed to children. DESIGN: ... Read more...

Recall of news stories about mental illness by Australian youth: associations with help-seeking attitudes and stigma.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate what news stories about mental illness are recalled by Australian youth and whether these are associated with stigma and help-seeking beliefs. METHOD: A random sample of 3746 Australian ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mass Media'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neuroculture. 30 Oct 2009
• Virology. In Holland, the public face of flu takes a hit. 14 Oct 2009
• Are we providers or physicians? 10 Oct 2009
• Simon Chapman. Interview by Stephen Pincock. 8 Oct 2009
• Food and beverage brands that market to children and adolescents on the internet: a content analysis of branded web sites. 30 Aug 2009
• [Statement of the three German Associations for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - rules/recommendations for public statements] 30 Aug 2009
• Celebrities may help bring positive media attention to cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• Swine flu vaccine: what is fair? 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of the media on women taking antidepressants during pregnancy. 30 Aug 2009
• Recall of news stories about mental illness by Australian youth: associations with help-seeking attitudes and stigma. 30 Aug 2009
• Media maladies. 30 Aug 2009
• Using the Colored Eco-Genetic Relationship Map with children. 30 Aug 2009
• Meta-analytic moderators of experimental exposure to media portrayals of women on female appearance satisfaction: Social comparisons as automatic processes. 26 Aug 2009
• A comparison of actual-ideal weight discrepancy, body appreciation, and media influence between street-dancers and non-dancers. 10 Aug 2009
• Body appreciation, media influence, and weight status predict consideration of cosmetic surgery among female undergraduates. 2 Aug 2009
• Cancer-related direct-to-consumer advertising: awareness, perceptions, and reported impact among patients undergoing active cancer treatment. Aug 2009
• [Do current studies really prove the uselessness of PSA screening? : Attempt at a critical interpretation of the publicized data and the resulting echoes in the media] 30 Jul 2009
• Nursing on television: are we being served? 30 Jul 2009
• The media and cognitive health in our aging population. 30 Jul 2009
• Hyping research. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Mass Media'

Definition: Instruments or technological means of communication that reach large numbers of people with a common message: press, radio, television, etc.

Descriptor UI: D008402

Alternative terms: Mass Media; Media, Mass; Folk Media; Media, Folk; Printed Media; Media, Printed; Broadcast Media; Media, Broadcast;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: L01.178.590;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: IM with general reference to NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS; RADIO; TELEVISION; MOTION PICTURES; etc., as mass media; do not use as routine coord with the specific: coord only when specific is discussed as a mass medium, as "magazines as mass media"