54 research outputs found
Lelia Hall
No full textThis 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows Lelia Hall (age 9) of Ira Jones High School playing harp. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The jamboree was held in the Asheville City Auditorium (now known as Thomas Wolfe Auditorium) from 1948 to 1973, and Hayes’ wife, Leona Trantham Hayes (1913-1989) continued to direct the program after his death in 1964. Hubert Hayes was an author, playwright, and alumni of Duke University
Response latency
No full textItem does not contain fulltextThis entry introduces response latency as a communication science research method. Using response latency in experimental studies advances our comprehension of the cognitive processes involved both during message processing and as part of contemplating messages during subsequent questioning; it enables researchers to understand how audience members process, store, focus on, access, and think about media messages. This entry presents a short introduction into the origins, categories, and basic characteristics of the response latency measure. It then discusses the theoretical foundations of the use of response latency in media psychology experiments, its procedural and methodological considerations, its feasibility, validity, reliability as well as other issues pertinent to the use of response time in communication research
Sexual cues emanating from the Anchorette chair : implications for perceived professionalism, fitness for beat, and memory for news
No full textThe experimental study reported here employed one of the most compelling visual cues
of female sexual attractiveness (low waist-to-hip ratio) to test the influence of news
anchor sexualization on audience evaluations of her as a professional and their memory
for the news that she presents. Male participants saw the sexualized version of the anchor
as less suited for war and political reporting. They also encoded less news information
presented by the sexualized than her unsexualized version. Conclusions were drawn in
line with evolutionary psychology expectations of men’s cognitive susceptibility to visual
sex cues. Women participants, on the other hand, did not vary across conditions in their
assessments of the anchor’s competence to report on war and political news. Moreover,
they encoded more news information presented by the sexualized than unsexualized
anchor condition.http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.navnf201
The Internet and Adolescent Sexual Identity
No full textThis chapter considers the potential role of the Internet in the process of adolescent sexual identity construction. It starts by providing evidence of the ever-increasing role the Internet is playing in the lives of adolescents and by considering the potential impact such a technology is likely to have given the transitional nature of the adolescent brain. A consideration of theoretical approaches for understanding the role the Internet is likely to play in individuals’ sexual self-identity development is then undertaken. A review of the specific role Internet communication technologies have come to play in the process of adolescent sexual socialization is then carried out. In doing so the authors argue that future research addressing the role of the Internet in the process of adolescent sexual socialization and identity development must consider both the specific structure of the adolescent brain and the unique nature of the Internet as a source of information and an opportunity for social networking.</jats:p
Introducing a software-based method to assess and manipulate visual attention : feasibility and initial validation
No full textA new software-based method to assess and manipulate visual attention (VA) is introduced. The method uses circular, transparent outlines (‘bubbles’) that move over visual stimuli. To evaluate the method’s feasibility and validity, 50 men watched same- and opposite-sex erotica in self-directed and manipulated VA conditions while their psychophysiological responses were recorded. Participants were instructed to select a bubble by using a computer-mouse which kept selected content visible while darkening the rest of the screen. Only one bubble was available during the manipulated VA conditions. Findings revealed that participants could successfully perform the experimental task and that their spontaneous VA was consistent with predictions. Furthermore, the method successfully manipulated VA. The benefits of this application include the ability to measure and direct VA in multiple participants simultaneously, its ease of use, as well as its provision of relatively noise-free data. Advantages of using this method in social/behavioral science research are discussed.Accepted versio
Sexual and affective responses to same and opposite-sex stimuli in heterosexual and homosexual men : assessment and manipulation of visual attention
No full textAffective and cognitive factors play an important role in the activation and regulation of men's sexual arousal. Barlow (1986) argued that initial affective reactions determine the allocation of attention to sexual stimuli. We applied Barlow's model to our understanding of the role of sexual arousal in sexual orientation, where sexual arousal patterns have consistently been found to be congruent with self-reported orientation in men, but not in women. Visual attention of 28 heterosexual and 22 homosexual men to same- and opposite-sex erotic stimuli was assessed and experimentally-directed by means of a newly developed software application, while genital (penile rigidity) and affective responses (self-reported and physiological) were measured. In line with previous research, we found "category specificity" in men's sexual arousal, in that sexual responses were strongest to orientation-congruent stimuli. Also, both homosexual and heterosexual men experienced stronger sexual responses to conditions in which their attention was directed to sexual versus nonsexual content of orientation-congruent stimuli. Only homosexual men manifested higher sexual responses when their visual attention was directed towards the sexual content of orientation-incongruent stimuli. Heterosexual men experienced weaker positive and stronger negative affective responses to orientation-incongruent content, suggestive of potential avoidance or inhibitory mechanisms.Accepted versio
Public opinion and the Italo-Ethiopian dispute from the Wal Wal incident to the Battle of Amba Aradam, 1939
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