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Posted November 19, 2009:

• Shifting Blame Is Socially Contagious

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Foreign Subtitles Improve Speech Perception

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence
• National Anti-Gun Violence Program Largely Successful

Posted November 6, 2009:

• For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics Is No Child's Play

Posted November 5, 2009:

• TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-Fat And High-Sugar Foods

Posted November 3, 2009:

• TV Exposure May Be Associated With Aggressive Behavior In Young Children

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Researchers Rest Their Case: TV Consumption Predicts Opinions About Criminal Justice System

Posted October 22, 2009:

• More Students Than Ever Before Studying Engineering And Physical Sciences At Degree Level, UK Figures Show

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Distracted By A Cell Phone? Some Cell Phone Users Fail To See Unicycling Clown Passing Them

Posted October 16, 2009:

• Television Has Less Effect On Education About Climate Change Than Other Forms Of Media

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Recent 'Momentum' Influences Choices Of Baby Names, Professors Find

Posted October 9, 2009:

• Tanked-Up Teens: Cheap Alcohol Strongly Linked To Harmful Underage Drinking In The UK

Posted October 7, 2009:

• High Rates Of Childhood Exposure To Violence And Abuse In United States, New Study Finds

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Violent Upbringing May Lead To Domestic Violence

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Sexually Satisfied Women Have Better General Well-Being, Study Finds; Older Women Score Higher Than Younger Women
• Celebrities Spawn Copycat Suicides, Study Confirms

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Orgasms, Sexual Health And Attitudes About Female Genitals

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Software Could Pave The Way To End Tune Plagiarism
• Fit For Fashion And Purpose: Women Call For Better And Safer Clothing To Meet Their Work Needs

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Hummer Owners Claim Moral High Ground To Excuse Overconsumption, Study Finds

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Animal Rights Extremists Threaten Researchers And Health Outcomes, Scientists Say

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Rethinking Hate Crime

Posted September 11, 2009:

• 'How-To' Guide Shows Entrepreneurs How To Protect Their Big Ideas

Posted September 9, 2009:

• Health Journalists Utilize Audience, Other Media To Build News Agenda
• Science And Media Disconnect? Maybe Not, Says A New Study

Posted September 4, 2009:

• A Tale Of Two Capitalisms: Research Into Homicide Rates And The Link To Political Economies

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Majority Of Americans Believe 'Myths' About Health Care Reform, National Survey Finds

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Placing Ads: Location, Location, Location

Posted August 21, 2009:

• Alcohol Advertising Reaching Too Many Teens On Cable TV, Researchers Say

Posted August 17, 2009:

• Study: 18 To 24-Year-Old Group More Politically Active, But Not More Knowledgeable

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Americans Remain Divided On Government Involvement In Health Insurance, Survey Shows
• Female Supervisors More Susceptible To Workplace Sexual Harassment
• Little Safe Haven For Sexually Assaulted LGBTQ Victims, Study Finds

Posted August 12, 2009:

• Harsh Punishment Backfires: Psychologists Offer Ways To Improve Prison Environment, Reduce Violent Crime

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Temptation More Powerful Than Individuals Realize

Posted August 1, 2009:

• Scientists Announce Mass Participation Experiment To Cheer-Up The UK

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Video Game Minority Report: Lots Of Players, Few Characters

Posted July 29, 2009:

• Myth, Reality And Gun Crime

Posted July 28, 2009:

• California Newspapers Located Closer To Mexican Border Slant News Coverage Of Immigration

Posted July 15, 2009:

• Nearly One In Five University Students Experienced Violence In Last Six Months

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Tracking The Life And Death Of News
• Understanding The Process Of Homosexual Identity Formation Among Asian And Pacific Islander Youth

Posted July 8, 2009:

• Painstaking Search For Quotes In Television Programs Comes To An End

Posted July 3, 2009:

• Both Good And Bad Movie Characters Who Smoke Influence Teens To Do The Same

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Latino Teens Happier, Healthier If Families Embrace Biculturalism

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Disney Elevates Heterosexuality To Powerful, Magical Heights

Posted June 12, 2009:

• Online Highbrow And Lowbrow Movie Rentals: Predicting How Long Customers Will Rent Films

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