Science news articles about 'media portrayals'

... homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual ... study complements previous research regarding media influences on public health perception. Mayo ...

... thought other kids wearing glasses looked smarter. Walline said the findings suggest that media portrayals associating spectacles with intelligence may be reinforcing a stereotype that even young ...

... beliefs about mental illness reflect the dominant mental-illness treatment, the changing nature of media portrayals of the mentally ill and the prevailing wisdom of science and medicine. Schnittker's ...

... tall stature, superior athletic ability and superior intelligence. "Our research has discovered that although the media portrays a desire for 'designer babies', this does not appear to be true among ...

Frustrated at media portrayals of bisphenol A as a dangerous chemical, food-packaging executives and lobbyists for the chemical makers met last week at an exclusive Washington, D.C., club where they ...

... the weapon of "cleanliness." Interviews with hospital matrons revealed a gap between the media portrayal and the reality on the wards. Matrons said that the limitations in their authority over ...

... could be coming into play is the rise of body image issues among men," she said. "We're seeing more media portrayals of the ideal physique for men rather than the overriding ...