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Two feminist icons of the 1990s returned to network television in 2018: Murphy Brown and Roseanne Conner. Neither rebooted character survived the reboot's first season. Despite their attempts to demonstrate that they were “woke,” the acting styles and strong personas of these two icons were, this paper argues, not appealing to a younger generation of television viewers and feminists and, simultaneously, too progressive for the older and more conventional audiences of the networks on which they aired. Moreover, both leading characters demonstrated the narrowmindedness associated with a toxic white feminism that overlooks issues of class and race. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to identify disparate health-related marketing across English- and Spanish-language television networks in New York City, ultimately to inform policy that can counteract disproportionate health-related marketing that provides harmful content to and withholds beneficial information from Latinx populations. A 2-week composite sample of primetime English-language (National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System) and Spanish-language (Telemundo and Univision) television networks from YouTube television was randomly drawn from September 7, 2022 to September 27, 2022 in New York City. A total of 9,314 health-related television advertisements were identified for systematic media content analysis and coded into categories: alcohol, core or noncore foods/beverages, mental health/tobacco prevention, health insurance, medical centers, and pharmaceuticals. Analyses conducted in 2022–2024 included intercoder reliability and descriptive and rate difference estimates using total advertisement broadcasting time in the full sample and subsamples by language networks on YouTube television. Spanish television networks broadcast greater health-adverse advertisements per hour for alcohol (rate difference=4.91; 95% CI=3.96, 5.85) and noncore foods/beverages (rate difference=13.43; 95% CI=11.52, 15.34) and fewer health-beneficial advertisements per hour for mental health/tobacco prevention (rate difference= −0.99; 95% CI= −1.45, −0.54), health insurance (rate difference= −1.00; 95% CI= −1.44, −0.57), medical centers (rate difference= −0.55; 95% CI= −1.23, 0.12), and pharmaceuticals (rate difference= −5.72; 95% CI= −7.32, −4.11) than New York City primetime English television networks. Multilevel policy innovation and implementation are required to mitigate primetime television marketing strategies that contribute to health inequities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractThis article investigates the politics of visibility and the limits of representation in the American sitcom, United States of Al—the first network television program to prominently feature an Afghan character. Employing textual analysis, this article analyzes the first season of the program, paying close attention to the development of the title character and storyline. In an attempt to combat the negative stereotypes of Afghans in American media by portraying an all-good person worthy of American acceptance, United States of Al ultimately reifies the very stereotypes it hopes to counter. Further, as the analysis illustrates, United States of Al makes visible Afghans to network programming, but suffers in its attempts to represent a deep and dynamic character. Uncovering how United States of Al -one of the first of its kind—portrays Afghans is critical to our understanding of how Afghans are represented in the American cultural imagination and the extent to which they may identify belongingness within mediated sites of identity negotiation. As attention from Afghanistan dissipates with the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, interest in framing U.S. involvement in Afghanistan continues and this article provides one intervention to engage in more nuanced discussions of media visibility, representation, and power as it relates to Afghans and Afghanistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, social media platforms have introduced several measures to counter misleading information. Among these measures are "state-media labels" which help users identify and evaluate the credibility of state-backed news. YouTube was the first platform to introduce labels that provide information about state-backed news channels. While previous work has examined the efficiency of information labels in controlled lab settings, few studies have examined how state-media labels affect users' perceptions of content from state-backed outlets. This article proposes new methodological and theoretical approaches to investigate the effect of state-media labels on users' engagement with content. Drawing on a content analysis of 8,071 YouTube comments posted before and after the labeling of five state-funded channels (Al Jazeera English [AJE], China Global Television Network, Russia Today [RT], TRT World, and Voice of America [VOA] News), this article analyses the effect that YouTube's labels had on users' engagement with state-backed media content. We found that the labels had no impact on the amount of likes that the videos received before and after the policy introduction, except for RT which received less likes after it was labeled. However, for RT, comments left by users were associated with 30% decrease in the likelihood of observing a critical comment following the policy implementation, and a 70% decrease in likelihood of observing a critical comment about RT as a media source. While other state-funded broadcasters, like AJE and VOA News, received fewer critical comments after YouTube introduced its policy; this relationship was associated with how political the video was, rather than the policy change. Our study contributes to the ongoing discussion on the efficacy of platform governance in relation to state-backed media, showing that audience preferences impact the effectiveness of labels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the representation of the COVID-19 global public health crisis on U.S. network television medical dramas. Programs featuring healthcare professionals like Chicago Med (NBC, 2015-present), The Good Doctor (ABC, 2017–2024), and New Amsterdam (NBC, 2018–2023) depicted the devastation of the pandemic and the plight of the frontline healthcare community to viewers at home through the fictional hospital. In particular, Grey's Anatomy (ABC, 2005–present) produced a "very special season" dedicated to portraying COVID's toil. I argue that the primetime doctor show attempted to lessen the pain of COVID's impact by presenting its audience-as-patient with a way to manage their emotions around loss through narrative catharsis. The program adheres to a logic of alleviation in its care work for viewers. Such a tele-therapeutic strategy of engagement on the long-running Grey's Anatomy, amidst mass suffering and death, also served to revive the series as compelling broadcast television in the streaming era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Drawing on transcripts from the television network Channel One, a popular news source in Russia, this article addresses the question: “How was Vladimir Putin covered by state-controlled media while the regime became increasingly centralized?” The literature on the subject is scarce and inconclusive. Dictators create different images of themselves, and the portrayals of present-day spin dictators — those who primarily rely on the power of propaganda to persuade rather than dominate — are understudied. While some analysts point to Putin’s omnipresence in mass media, others uncover the lack of media personalization and relatively neutral coverage. Using 385,981 news transcripts from 2000–2022 and relying on techniques from natural language processing, I examine how a present-day autocrat attempts to optimize the intensity of state-controlled propaganda. I uncover three main tendencies. First, during all the years in power, the ruler has been more frequently referred to through positive stories. Second, there is only partial evidence that the relative references to Putin on Channel One have significantly increased over time. Third, during all his years in power, Putin has been more frequently mentioned in domestic news rather than in stories about foreign affairs. However, I also demonstrate that the share of news about foreign affairs and events abroad that mentions the ruler has been increasing every year since 2013. By focusing on the supply side of propaganda, this article contributes to the literature on autocratic resilience and spin dictators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Featured Application: Future 5G/6G and DTT networks implementation in the UHF spectrum. This paper analyzes practical solutions for implementing 5G/6G and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network coexistence in the UHF band. Two potential scenarios are explored using the case study of a nationwide DTT network: spectrum splitting and spectrum interleaving. Both scenarios are thoroughly examined based on current UHF spectrum usage and the DTT network structure based on a case study of Poland. The analysis includes potential future benefits and limitations of each scenario. The results presented in this paper can guide administrations in implementing decisions made at the International Telecommunication Union—Radiocommunication Sector, World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (ITU-R WRC23), improving spectrum efficiency and 5G/6G networks development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This phenomenological study, guided by Radcliffe-(1881–1955) Brown's Structural Functionalism Theory, investigated how sign language inset was used for social inclusion during the 2019 Philippine State of the Nation Address on GMA Network, Inc. Eight participants' lived experiences were examined through in-depth interviews. Four major themes emerged: exposure and familiarization with the deaf community culture, which is the Filipino Sign Language (FSL); adjustment of the TV inset size for deaf visual signs recognition and understanding; validation of TV insets interpreting with a deaf consultant; accessibility to communication through clear policy and guidelines of TV inset interpreting. The study concludes that even though the sign language interpreters use FSL, we can only elicit social inclusion by adjusting the size of the TV inset; since the sign language insets require the visual signs of the SLIs, which include hand gestures and facial expressions. Moreover, a better understanding of the signs that consider both schooled and non-schooled Deaf requires the exposure and familiarization of SLIs with the deaf culture. Meanwhile, TV networks should consider adjusting the size of the TV inset, hiring a deaf consultant to validate signing, and ensuring deaf access to communication to integrate them socially. Sign language inset implementation requires a model to follow structurally to be functional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Let G be a graph with vertex set V (G) and edge set E (G). The ABC index of G , denoted by A B C (G) , is defined as A B C (G) = ∑ u v ∈ E (G) d G (u) + d G (v) − 2 d G (u) d G (v) . In [B. Furtula, A. Graovac, D. Vukičević, Atom-bond connectivity index of trees, Discrete Appl. Math. 157 (2009) 2828–2835], the authors gave a lower bound of the ABC index for chemical trees. Noticing that this lower bound is not consistently tight, we completely determine the minimum ABC index for chemical trees of order n ≥ 13. Furthermore, the ABC-minimal chemical trees are also characterized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the importance of travel experience sharing for tourists and marketers, whether and how different types of such sharing influence online viewers' travel intentions are unclear. Drawing on construal level theory, this research found that the match (vs. mismatch) between travel experience sharing type and tourism activity type induced stronger travel intention. Results further revealed two mediating paths (cognitive fluency and pleasure) behind this matching effect. Additionally, this research identified an additive positive effect evoked by the construal fit between travel experience sharing type and tourism activity type and that between travel experience sharing type and temporal distance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of 6‐phytase (Quantum® Blue) as a zootechnical feed additive for fin fish. The additive is authorised for use in poultry and pigs. The additive is available in solid and liquid forms, and the 6‐phytase contained in the product is produced by fermentation with a genetically modified strain of Trichoderma reesei. The Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) concluded that the genetic modification of the production strain does not give rise to safety concerns; viable cells of the production strain and its DNA were not detected in the final products. The FEEDAP Panel concluded that, based on the data available, the additive tested is safe for fin fish at the highest recommended level of 2500 phytase activity unit (FTU)/kg complete feed. The Panel concluded that Quantum® Blue is not an irritant to skin and eyes nor a skin sensitiser. Owing to the proteinaceous nature of the active substance, 6‐phytase (Quantum® Blue) is considered a respiratory sensitiser. The use of Quantum® Blue as a feed additive is considered safe for the environment. The additive is considered to be efficacious as a zootechnical additive for salmonids and ornamental fish at 500 FTU/kg complete feed and other fin fish at 2500 FTU/kg complete feed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]