Adolescent TV Use by Donna Davis

“…However, in a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, researchers renamed this younger group as 'Generation M' to stand for media influence in their lives. Indeed, there are days that I wonder if my children can unplug from the many digital and electronic devices in their lives.” …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 461 young adults (18-30yrs), from Midwest Brazil, who answered an online and self-reported questionnaire to determine the social media use, with questions about time of service, frequency of access, and media influence on behaviors. The Body Shape Questionnaire and Stunkard's Figure Rating Scale were also used. …”
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A CASE STUDY OF REPORTING OF NEWSPAPER BH DANI DURING THE WAR IN BOSNIA by Ivica Mladenovic, Dragoljub Kaurin

“…A number of key authors that theorized the idea of propaganda and media influence on thinking and attitudes as well as persuasion is introduced to the reader in the first part of the article. …”
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Analyzing accusation patterns between Hamas and Israel during the Al-Aqsa flood operation by Alaeddin A. Banikalef, Nisreen N. Al-Khawaldeh

“…Future research should further explore the evolving dynamics of accusation strategies, media influence, and public opinion in conflict zones to improve communication and promote reconciliation efforts.…”
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Parliamentary and nomenclature in political life of district. Referendum, election of members of the Federation Council and deputies of the State Duma in Bolsheukovsky district of... by M. S. Novikov

“…In Bolsheukovsky district, federal and regional mass media influence the regional, social and political organizations acting on the ground to express their will. …”
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A review of dietary behaviors among college students in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed A. Alshehri

“…Factors such as stress and social media influence were found to significantly impact dietary choices. …”
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New Wine in Old Wine Skins: Wesleyan Methodism within the Contemporary Religious Market Place in Kenya by Alice Muthoni Mwila

“…They include religious commodification that has been developing and infiltrating Christian churches in the last three decades, the Pentecostal spirituality, mass and social media influence, spiritual lethargy and “quick fix mentality,” Africanization of Christianity campaigns, and MCK structures. …”
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Family Harmony and Da'wah: Preventing Juvenile Delinquency Through Da'wah Program by the Paccinongan Youth Harmony Association by Ibnu Azka, Nurul Ramadhani, Fathur Baldan Haramain

“…Factors contributing to these problems include the social environment, individual factors, and media influence. In addition, this research shows that the da'wah program implemented by IKPP positively contributes to preventing juvenile delinquency through various activities such as lectures, religious studies, and skills training. …”
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Positive, negative, and ambivalent: Indian parents’ attitudes to and mediation methods of children’s digital media use by Sowparnika Pavan Kumar Attavar, Padma Rani

“…In this ethnographic study, we explore whether parental opinions about digital media influence children’s access to and use of digital media and whether parental opinions determine their choice of mediation methods. …”
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Rumor detection in social media based on eahanced Transformer by Honghao ZHENG, Yinuo HAO, Hongtao YU, Shaomei LI, Yiteng WU

“…With the rapid development of the Internet, social media is increasingly integrated into all aspects of people’s daily life.Social media has gradually become a tool and even a platform for people to share opinions, insights, experiences and viewpoints.It is the main method for people to obtain and share information as well as express and exchange opinions.Currently, social media mainly includes social networking sites, Weibo, Twitter, blogs, forums, podcasts and so on.Due to the openness of social media, the user scale is large and the sources are complex and numerous, then all kinds of rumors and false information may be generated easily.Rumors on social media influence netizens’ understanding of events and shake the stability of society.Therefore, how to accurately and efficiently detect rumors has become an urgent problem to be solved.Existing Transformer based social media rumor detection models ignored the text location information.To effectively extract text location information and make full use of text potential information, a rumor detection model in social media was proposed and it was based on the enhanced Transformer.This model enhanced the traditional Transformer from two aspects of relative position and absolute position.It captured the direction information and distance information of the text using learnable relative position coding and mapped words from different positions to different feature spaces using absolute position coding.Experimental results show that, compared with the best benchmark model, the accuracy of the proposed model on Twitter15, Twitter16 and Weibo datasets is enhanced by 0.9%, 0.6% and 1.4%, respectively.Experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed location coding.And the enhanced Transformer based on location coding can significantly improve the effects of social media rumor detection.…”
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Role of Social Economic Factors in Promoting Alcoholism in Southern Division Kabale District. by Ainembabazi, Ritah

“…The research found that 24% of respondents cited psychological factors as the main reason for alcoholism, while only 10% pointed to marketing and media influence. The study concluded that alcohol consumption in the Southern Division is prevalent, with some individuals starting as early as 8 years old. …”
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Body Mind Therapy Improving Mental Health in Teenager by Putu Intan Daryaswanti, Ni Made Sri Muryani, Ni Made Diah Pusparini Pendet

“…Various factors, including peer pressure, media influence, and gender norms, can exacerbate the gap between adolescents' reality and future perceptions. …”
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Digital pathways to healthcare: a systematic review for unveiling the trends and insights in online health information-seeking behavior by Yang Fu, Yang Fu, Ping Han, Jian Wang, Fakhar Shahzad

“…Third, there is a growing emphasis on understanding how factors such as the digital divide, social media influence, public health initiatives, risk perception, and health anxiety affect online health information-seeking behavior. …”
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Characteristic features of manifestations of aggressiveness in children by P. D. Chervonyi, A. V. Nadutyi

“…Factors that can provoke aggressive behavior in children are described, in particular: family problems (brutal treatment by parents, quarrels, divorce), mental disorders (anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), media influence (children who often watch movies and violent TV shows, more prone to aggressive behavior). …”
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Prevalence, predictors and selected outcomes of early sexual initiation among adolescents in secondary schools in Lugbe, Abuja, Nigeria: a mixed methods study by Uchechi Grace Okonta

“…Predictive factors such as peer pressure, parental communication and media influence can be addressed by the inclusion of sex education in school curriculum and training of peer educators, advocacy and health education for parents of adolescents.…”
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Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on School Girl Education in Primary Schools in Katuna Town Council Kabale District. by Tumwebaze, Costance

“…The study is obvious that approximately 70 percent of the participants do not agree with the media's influence on early pregnancy. On the impact of early pregnancy on life opportunities for young girls, it was found that 86 percent of participants had terminated their education. …”
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Effect of High Alcohol Consumption Among the Youth in Kitumba Sub County-Kabale District. by Twijukye, Junior

“…The research found that the factors leading to excessive alcohol consumption among the youths in the study area included; peer influence, unemployment, desire to reduce stress, and media influence. The effects of alcohol consumption on the youths according to the study findings were; school dropout, increased thefts, loss of jobs, committing suicide, wastage of money, increased stress, poor coordination, slurred speech, destruction of the reproductive system, damage of; the brain, liver, kidney, and breast, contraction of HIV, and death. …”
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Examining the Role Played by Remand Homes Towards Curbing the Rate of Juvenile Delinquency in Kabale Municipality. by Ampurire, Evarine

“…The causes of juvenile delinquency in Southern Division Kabale Municipality included lack of parental guidance 13%, family breakages 06%, insecurity in families 10%, peer pressure 06%, drug abuse 09%, bad relationship with parents 10%, being orphaned 14%, poverty 12%, social media influence 07% and adolescence phase influence 13%. …”
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The Shifting Influence: Comparing AI Tools and Human Influencers in Consumer Decision-Making by Michael Gerlich

“…As consumer trust in social media influencers has declined, largely due to concerns about the financial motivations behind endorsements, AI tools such as ChatGPT have emerged as perceived neutral intermediaries. …”
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Social Media on Islamic Lifestyle Trends: A Systematic Literature Review by Eva Anzani Siregar, Mufida Tullaili, Zul Afdal

“…This study uses a systematic literature review (SLR) with the PRISMA method using data from 2020 to 2024 on how social media influences the adoption of Islamic lifestyle trends by young Muslims. …”
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