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Effects of Causal Beliefs About Gout on Public Views About Gout Management: A Randomized Experimental Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Despite well‐described biologic causes, the public views unhealthy lifestyle choices as the primary cause of gout. This study investigated how causal beliefs about gout influence the public's views about its management. Methods In a randomized study, 201 members of the public viewed one of two 2‐minute videos about gout.
Rachel Murdoch, Borislav Mihov, Anne Horne, Keith J. Petrie, Gregory D. Gamble, Lachlan Fleck, Nicola Dalbeth   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Nigeria’s Development Using African Traditional Communication Media for National Orientation [PDF]

, 2018
This paper examines the problem of poor orientation of most Nigerian citizens, especially the rural dwellers, occasioned by the dearth and failure of modern media in rural Nigeria; a phenomenon that has led to a major setback in participatory governance ...
Iyorza, Stanislaus
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Harnessing Fungal Biowelding for Constructing Mycelium‐Engineered Materials

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Mycelium‐bound composites (MBCs) offer low‐carbon alternatives for construction, yet interfacial bonding remains a critical challenge. This review examines fungal biowelding as a biocompatible adhesive, elucidating mycelium‐mediated interfacial mechanisms and their role in material assembly. Strategies to optimize biowelding are discussed, highlighting
Xue Brenda Bai, Xinrui Sarah Niu, Zhao Qin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ProTriPlay: A trinity framework for professional interactive theater based on LLM

Complex & Intelligent Systems
Interactive theater powered by large language models faces significant challenges, including limited player agency in plot development, restricted interaction variety, and a lack of personalized experiences.
Yinglong Yu, Hao Shen, Ming Yang, Yu Wang, Yanyu Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Driving behavioural change and building public opinion through effective partnership and sustained media advocacy for tobacco demand reduction across Delhi-NCR

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation As per Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), prevalence of tobacco use among people between 15 and 24 years has reduced from 18.4% in 2009-10 to 12.4% in 2017.
Chandra Ramakrishnan, Preeti Sehrawat, Rishu Singh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media – the new challenge for PR measurement and evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
In the five years since Paul Noble and I wrote the second edition of our book, Evaluating Public Relations, the biggest change in the field has been the rapid emergence of social media in media relations and organisational communication.
Watson, Tom
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Critical animal and media studies: Expanding the understanding of oppression in communication research

, 2018
Critical and communication studies have traditionally neglected the oppression conducted by humans towards other animals. However, our (mis)treatment of other animals is the result of public consent supported by a morally speciesist-anthropocentric ...
Adams C, Adams C, Almiron N, Babe R, Baker S, Bentham J, Carrie P Freeman, Chris C, Cole M, Cole M, Cole M, Cox R, Cudworth E, Darwin C, Daston L, Dunayer J, Fitzgerald AJ, Freeman CP, Freeman CP, Gerbner G, Goodale G, Hribal JC, Hribal JC, Joy M, Lippit AM, Loy L, Malamud R, Marino L, Matthew Cole, McQuail D, Merskin D, Nibert DA, Nibert DA, Nibert DA, Nibert DA, Noske B, Nussbaum M, Núria Almiron, Ott BL, Pick A, Pick A, Plec E, Regan T, Ryder RD, Singer P, Sorenson J, Stewart K, Stibbe A, Taylor N, Weil K, Wilson EO, Wolfe C, Wright L   +52 more
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Packaging of Macroscopic Material Payloads: Needs, Challenges, Concepts, and Future Directions

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This review introduces a unified framework that decomposes any macroscopic packaging system into the payload, packaging material, and packaging strategy and combines them into a conceptual packaging equation: packaging strategy = payload + packaging material.
Venkata S. R. Jampani, Manos Anyfantakis
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking down the Candy Crush Terrorist: the fragile relation between gaming motives and radical attitudes

Frontiers in Psychology
The gaming ecosystem is increasingly observed with the concern that it could pose a threat to public safety, and research accumulates evidence for blatant extremism in the surrounding online space of games.
Simon Greipl, Maximilian Lechner, Jannik Fischer, Heidi Schulze, Julian Hohner, Diana Rieger   +5 more
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(Un)Healthy Behavior? The Relationship between Media Literacy, Nutritional Behavior, and Self-Representation on Instagram

Media and Communication, 2019
The article examines the relationship between media (and health literacy), self-representation, and nutritional behavior of girls who receive nutrition-related content on Instagram.
Claudia Riesmeyer, Julia Hauswald, Marina Mergen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source