Background Intervention models to promote healthy adolescent development highlight the
importance of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP); however, scant resources …

When reporting scientific information, journalists often present common myths that are
refuted with scientific facts. However, correcting misinformation this way is often not only …

The Internet in general, and social network sites in particular, provide great potential for
communicating health issues. Different forms of online social information, such as user …

Purpose – Parents are sometimes perceived as barriers to providing comprehensive and
inclusive sexuality education to young people. However, little is known about parents’ actual …

Researchers have shown that consumers perceive brands, as they do people, on the basis
of two dimensions: warmth and competence. Hedonic brands therefore try to create a …

The presentation of single cases as examples for larger phenomena has a long-standing
tradition in journalism. However, their usage has been viewed rather critically within the …

Over the past few decades, scholars have observed an increase in ordinary citizens as
actors in everyday news coverage, mostly at the cost of elite actors. While this has been …

Research has shown that idealized beauty presented in mass media can have a detrimental
effect on body satisfaction, and these idealized images often stem from digital alterations. …

The discussion on sexual violence gained momentum in October 2017 after the Twitter hashtag
(#metoo) spread globally highlighting the widespread reality of this problem. While this …

Social media influencers have become an indispensable part of social media, informing
audiences, especially young ones, about various topics, such as beauty, lifestyle, or food. …