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Anti-tobacco television advertising helps reduce adult smoking.
The evacuation method of 'Women and Children First,' adopted by Titanic, which foundered during its maiden voyage a century ago, was only exceptional. More men survive than women and children in real life sea disasters, according to a new study.
Media multitasking, using multiple forms of media simultaneously, enhances multisensory integration, according to a new study.
Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian recently changed her hair color after a long time. Dyeing hair is not a serious issue, but the fact that she is expecting a baby makes the difference. Connecting pregnancy and hair dyeing evokes concern regarding the safety of the unborn baby.
Surprise rippled across America last month as a new wave of consumers discovered that hamburgers often contained ammonia-treated beef, or what critics dub "pink slime".
The blogging community is more racially diverse than one might think. Internet-connected African Americans are more likely to blog than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.
Internet users from countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to search for information about the future than information about the past, a quantitative analysis of Google search queries has shown.
The International Communication Association's flagship journal, Journal of Communication, released a special issue on social media and democracy. As revolutions erupted in real time in Tunisia and Egypt in late 2010 and early 2011, it was obvious that social media were important and not well understood. This special issue has a selection of articles that tell a fascinating but complicated story of media and political change in the Middle East and other countries...
What effect does a TV advert have on a viewer? How does it bring about a change in their knowledge, emotions or intentions? These questions have existed alongside advertising ever since it began. Through a psycho-physiological study developed jointly by El Bureau de la Comunicación, the Tecnalia Centre for Applied Research, and the UPV/EHU, it has been possible to measure the emotional response of a person to a series of television adverts.
Women spend an average of 81 minutes per day on Facebook, whereas men spend 64 minutes. Low educated groups and low income groups who spend more time on Facebook also report feeling less happy and less content with their lives.
Online romance scams, a new form of fraud, is under-reported and increasing, and has victimized 230,000 people in Great Britain, ...
Tragedies tend to make people happier according to a new study.
A 35-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to hacking into the email accounts of movie stars Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and Christina Aguilera, and was ordered into custody.
Nearly 4,000 counselors, counselor educators, and counseling students from across the U.S. and 30 countries are attending the American Counseling Association (ACA) 2012 Conference & Expo in San Francisco, March 21-25.
The director of a video calling for the arrest of fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony suffered from a brief psychosis when he was hospitalized last week in California, the filmmaker's wife said on Wednesday, the same day an anti-Kony resolution came before the U.S. Senate.
'Operation Swill' Uncovers NJ Restaurants that Served Rubbing Alcohol, Dirty Water in Place of Premium Liquor 
2012’s List of New Species Released: Ten of the Coolest Ones Includes a Glowing Cockroach 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
TX Woman Gives Birth to Now-Healthy Baby While Dead, Comes Back to Life 
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
5 Surprising Signs You’re Actually a Genius 
Arizona Teen Finds Worm in his McDonald's Sausage McMuffin 
Women With Tattoos Seen as "Easier" and Sexier 
Cinnamon Compound Could Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease 
Five of the Weirdest Reasons People Have Faked their Own Deaths 
