Exploring the news media-dark personality nexus: Linking television news consumption, the Dark Triad, and perceived refu...
status: Published online
status: Published online
This study aims to propose and test an integrated model of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and uses and gratifications theory (U&G) to understand viewers’ intention to watch video game live streaming on Twitch. Data are collected from 207 Twitch users and analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and necessa...
Published in Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health
As individuals adjust to new 'norms' and ways of living during the COVID-19 lockdown, there is a continuing need for up-to-date information and guidance. Evidence suggests that frequent media exposure is related to a higher prevalence of mental health problems, especially anxiety and depression. The aim of this study was to determine whether COVID-...
Exposure to harmful content, fake news, and hate speech, calls to question whether citizens are ’responsible’ when it comes to their online news behavior. This exploratory study aims to positioning news literacy as a mediating factor toward fostering civic responsibility by investigating its role in enhancing youth’s online news experience and prep...
Published in Trials
Background Childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity are among the most serious health challenges today. Structured weight reduction programs can be helpful to reduce severe health consequences but evidence is partly scarce. The STARKIDS program aims to improve on some of these limitations and is designed to be a structured, stepwise, digital...
Published in French Politics
The effects on political participation of the consumption of political information from traditional and digital media are widely addressed in the literature. However, what happens in times of pandemic when people have other pressing concerns that are likely to receive significant media coverage? Does the consumption of political information—which i...
This text is the product of a comparative audience research carried out in 2019, before the pandemic, and in 2020, in full quarantine by COVID-19, in El Salvador. The findings show how, although Salvadorans are capable of telling that fake news - or intentionally faked - circulates in the media and on social networks, when judging the information, ...
Information on political affairs is one of the key factors in democratic life in Western countries. However, we know little about those who are most exposed to this type of content in Chile. The following article uses data from public opinion surveys collected between 2011 and 2019 (n = 12,485) to observe the sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and mo...
This study presents an explanatory Ordinary Linear Regression Model for predicting wellbeing in the use of smart screen devices among children and youngsters in Spain, using a database of microdata for a total of 23,860 national representative households and some 6,106 total cohabiting minors under 15 years of age. The World Health Organization act...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundThe well-being of persons with overweight and obesity, in particular of children and adolescents, may be impaired. The present study investigates the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of girls and boys with overweight and obesity living in Germany as compared to those of normal-weight, while taking a selection of relevant determinant...