Wilson Electronics, Inc. put together this rather interesting infographic displaying the demographics of cell phone use. According to their data, China has the greatest number of cell phones, 15% of Americans answer their phone during sex, and Americans each use approximately 21 minutes per day.
We tend to think television viewers would spend more time exercising or hanging out with friends if their TV was just turned off — but according to a new study by assistant professor of communication Emily Moyer-Gusé and former grad student Julie Lather of Ohio State University, that may not be the case.
The following data is taken from the Pew Internet Research Center. It details statistics for on teenagers use their cell phones. Through the infographic we find that 75% of teens own cell phones, 33% text more than 100 messages per day, and 11% send more than 200 texts per day. We also find out that girls on average send and receive 80 text messages a day, while boys only send and receive 30. Take a look at the infographic to find more statistics on how teens are using their cell phones.
In the past, Israeli media was used to create unity among its people, but new research according to a Penn State Altoona political scientist says this media is now creating a divide between its people.
New research by Crystal at The Achilles Effect looked at vocabulary used in television commercials for children’s toys. She found that the most commonly used words reinforced gender stereotypes. After analyzing 658 words from 27 commercials for boy’s toys and 432 words from 32 commercials for girl’s toys, Crystal was able to create a word cloud showing the most commonly used words in these TV adverts.
Alexithymia is a relatively new word in the scientific world and is a term that represents an inability to understand, process, and describe emotions. Each of us has some level of alexithymia, but this personality trait is often found with other conditions on the autism spectrum, as well as post-traumatic stress disorders. It has also been shown to be related to eating and panic disorders, as well as substance abuse.
Psychological research has consistently shown that women feel unhappy with their body after looking at images of thin, idealized models, which are typically represented in the media. However, today’s consumer culture and media promote not only the ideal of perfect beauty, but also that of the material affluent lifestyle, both of which are commonly depicted together, and highlight the benefits of beauty and of owning material goods to one’s personal success and fame.
Exposure to attractive, aggressive, female leads in films affects how men and women think about who women ought to be in the real world. Women in particular have high standards for other women, and expect them to be both stereotypically feminine and masculine i.e. beautiful and aggressive rather than beautiful and passive.
Sexual harassment may have become so commonplace for women that they have built up resistance to harassing behavior they consider merely “bothersome,” suggests a provocative new study by Michigan State University researchers.
A new study by UCLA and the University of Glasgow found a distinct difference in what defines masculine body language versus feminine body language in baseball. Their findings showed that masculine body language conveyed anger, while feminine body language conveyed sadness.
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