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In times of global ageing, it is striking that little is known about the media habits of older adults, an increasingly growing group with a lot of leisure time. This article provides insight into the day-to-day media use of 40 nursing home residents throughout their life course. The residents under study live in two nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium), one located in a rural and the other in an urban context. In semi-structured interviews, the ...

This study is mainly aimed at discovering the role of media discoursein igniting and escalating ethno-sectarian disputes in Syria. A criticaldiscourse analysis was conducted on media items published by fiveSyrian media outlets with different political affiliations. A total of fivearticles have been analyzed for the sake of accomplishing the goal ofthis study. Manipulative strategies, including omission-commission andthe use of propaganda through ...

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Social media, especially Twitter, is an increasingly popular platform for not only sharing information and opinions, but also for gathering data for analysis. In this paper we use the 2012 #30j hashtag campaign and anti-austerity debates in Belgium to explore both how social media influence public debate, and what methodological precautions are necessary. We employ a multi-stage research approach, using content analysis of tweets and audiovisual ...

This study compared visual search strategies in adult female volleyball players of three levels. Video clips of the attack of the opponent team were presented on a large screen and participants reacted to the final pass before the spike. Reaction time, response accuracy and eye movement patterns were measured. Elite players had the highest response accuracy (97.50 ± 3.5%) compared to the intermediate (91.50 ± 4.7%) and novice players (83.50 ± ...

As the number of online and blended learning courses offered by higher education institutions increase, a predominant issue for instructors is their design. This study focuses on the selection of appropriate media to support online and blended learning (OBL) activities. To this end, we mapped and synthesized in two consecutive systematic review studies the effectiveness of particular media formats on students’ learning outcomes. Eleven empirical ...

This study explores the ideologization of media discourse in the Middle East through investigating political influences over leading media corporations in the region. A critical discourse analysis was applied to news reports issued by prominent Middle Eastern media giants Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya. The research data included eight news articles from both media outlets. Thus, four articles from each corporation have been studied and analyzed in ...