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A survey of high school students in Taiwan shows that understanding involvement can help elaborate the relationship between media use and knowledge. Measuring involvement as cognitive and behavioral with regard to the Gulf War produced results consistent with the hypothesis, which proposes that under conditions of high involvement, newspaper use will be correlated more strongly with knowledge than will television news use, and that under conditions of low involvement newspaper use will not be correlated more strongly with knowledge than will television news use. However, when survey respondents held extreme attitudes toward the Gulf War, the results were contrary to the hypothesis.

'News in Their Pockets' provides the framework necessary for constructive, continuing debates over the promise and peril of digital news. It further exposes our underlying reasoning behind the adoption of the mobile phone as the all-in-one media of choice to stay socialized, entertained, and informed in the modern digital age.

This study explores the relationship of factors that influence adolescents' learning about the two Gulf Wars from the news. A model constructed from data gathered in two sample surveys in Taiwan depicts these relationships. The results largely support the hypotheses that newspaper use, television news use, attention, and elaboration are related to knowledge about the Gulf Wars—and that television news tends to make a significant contribution to adolescents' knowledge. Finally, path analyses suggest that media diversity seems to be an important factor influencing the relationships between media use, attention, elaboration, and knowledge

As people integrate use of the cell phone into their lives, do they view it as just an update of the fixed telephone or assign it special values? This study explores that question in the framework of gratifications sought and their relationship both to differential cell phone use and to social connectedness. Based on a survey of Taiwanese college students, we found that the cell phone supplements the fixed telephone as a means of strengthening users' family bonds, expanding their psychological neighborhoods, and facilitating symbolic proximity to the people they call. Thus, the cell phone has evolved from a luxury for businesspeople into an important facilitator of many users' social relationships. For the poorly connected socially, the cell phone offers a unique advantage: it confers instant membership in a community. Finally, gender was found to mediate how users exploit the cell phone to maintain social ties.

The article addresses the perceived harm & various potential social problems of adult entertainment clubs in Taiwan. According to the author's research this study is the first to analyze the effects of the media on polltakers & include a cross-section of gender-based opinions. Tables, Figures, References.

This study explores the relationship of factors that influence adolescents' learning about the two Gulf Wars from the news. A model constructed from data gathered in two sample surveys in Taiwan depicts these relationships. The results largely support the hypotheses that newspaper use, television news use, attention, & elaboration are related to knowledge about the Gulf Wars-& that television news tends to make a significant contribution to adolescents' knowledge. Finally, path analyses suggest that media diversity seems to be an important factor influencing the relationships between media use, attention, elaboration, & knowledge. Tables, Figures, References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2006 by the President and the Fellows of Harvard College.]