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The Kosovar Diaspora in Switzerland: Construction of Identities between Media Use and Diasporic Traits

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Communications and Public Relations, 2023
This paper, drawing on experience collected from a research project, describes the Kosovar diaspora in Switzerland, and it presents a research model which can be applied when studying processes of social and cultural construction of identities, in ...
Marta Cola   +2 more
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#Sleepyteens: social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study examined how social media use related to sleep quality, self-esteem, anxiety and depression in 467 Scottish adolescents. We measured overall social media use, nighttime-specific social media use, emotional investment in social media, sleep ...
Alfano   +47 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of Maternal Decisional Authority and Media Use on Vaccination for Children in Asian Countries

open access: yesMedicina, 2018
Background and objectives: It is now accepted that vaccination is a critical public health strategy in preventing child morbidity and mortality. Understanding factors that promote vaccination is a critical first step.
Minsung Sohn, Leesa Lin, Minsoo Jung
doaj   +1 more source

Disordered social media use and risky drinking in young adults:Differential associations with addiction-linked traits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Excessive or compulsive use of social media has been likened to an addiction, similar to other behavioural addictions such as pathological gambling or Internet addiction.
Lyvers, Michael   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Media Use During COVID-19: An Investigation of Negative Effects on the Mental Health of Asian Versus White Americans

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2021
The role of media use on mental health distress is particularly concerning during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The vulnerabilities to and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States are greatly influenced by racial/ethnic inequalities. The
Jessie M. Quintero Johnson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The affective, cognitive, and behavioral echo of cumulative series reception aka binge-watching: A qualitative study

open access: yesActa Psychologica
When analyzing the cumulative reception of TV series, often called binge-watching (i.e., watching several episodes of one TV series back-to-back), there has been a strong focus on potentially harmful consequences in the literature, such as insomnia ...
Sarah Eberhard-Bölz
doaj   +1 more source

Media-based Social Solitude: An Exploratory Study of Students in a Coffeehouse [PDF]

open access: yesAthens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2016
The purpose of this exploratory phenomenological study was to understand how college students engage in media-based social solitude in an informal social space of a coffeehouse.
Susan Barnett   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatigue and Secondary Media Impacts in the Automated Vehicle: A Multidimensional State Perspective

open access: yesSafety, 2023
Safety researchers increasingly recognize the impacts of task-induced fatigue on vehicle driving behavior. The current study (N = 180) explored the use of a multidimensional fatigue measure, the Driver Fatigue Questionnaire (DFQ), to test the impacts of ...
Catherine E. Neubauer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Media use during adolescence: the recommendations of the Italian Pediatric Society. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BACKGROUND: The use of media device, such as smartphone and tablet, is currently increasing, especially among the youngest. Adolescents spend more and more time with their smartphones consulting social media, mainly Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ...
Agostiniani R   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Differentiating the relationships between traditional and new media use and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: roles of psychological distress and age

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
BackgroundNumerous studies have consistently demonstrated a decline in sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary objective of this study is to explore the impact of engaging with pertinent epidemic information through the media amid the ...
Tong Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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