Side Effects of Watching 3D TV

While searching for a 3D TV, I cam across this health warning about the possibly dangerous effects of watching 3D television that was released by Samsung.                   Photosensitive Seizure Warning and Other Health Risks�Some viewers may experience an epileptic seizure or stroke when exposed to certain flashing images or lights contained in certain television pictures or video games. If you or any of your family has a history of epilepsy or stroke, please consult with a medical specialist before using the 3D function. �If you experience any of the following symptoms, immediately stop watching 3D pictures and consult a medical specialist: (1) altered vision; (2) lightheadedness; (3) dizziness; (4)...

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Actress Liz Taylor Passed Away at the Age of 79

Liz Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Liz Taylor dead, Liz Taylor Wikipedia, Liz Taylor Wiki, Elisabeth Taylor. Actress Liz Taylor passed away today at the age of 79. Elizabeth Taylor, the actress who dazzled generations of moviegoers with her stunning beauty and whose name was synonymous with Hollywood glamour, died on Wednesday of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. ABC News reported, her son Michael Wilding said: �My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be...

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BlackBerry PlayBook Price Released, Order Available Now!

Playbook, RIM - The BlackBerry PlayBook has surfaced on the Future Shop and Best Buy Canada online websites for pre-order early, revealing Canadian pricing for the device. Showcased are the 16, 32, and 64GB models, priced at $499, $599, and $699, respectively. The Blackberry Playbook, one of a fleet of tablet computers unveiled at this year's 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. The devices, according to both Future Shop and Best Buy are slated to arrive in their warehouses on April 19th.The PlayBook is also available in the United States now as well for pre-order, with Best Buy US listing the devices at $499, $599, and $699 USD. Playbook, R...

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Research Examples

While this story seems to have the basis for good research, due to the author's reputation as a sports psychologist, the story itself has no real research in it. There is mention of research to back up the claims being made, but the research is never specifically named and no details into how the research was conducted are given. It makes it difficult to trust this site as a source or to even really determine the validity of the research without having anything to look ...

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'Supermoon' of March 19th @ Saturday Night

On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. EST, the moon was at its closest point to the Earth in 2011: a distance of 221,565 miles away. At its peak, the supermoon of March was 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full moons (when the moon is at its farthest from Earth). But to the casual observer, it may be hard to tell the difference.The moon has not been in a position to appear this large since March 1993.In December 2008, there was a near-supermoon when the moon turned full four hours away from its perigee � the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth. But this month, the full moon and perigee are just under one hour apart, promising spectacular views, depending on local conditions. Although a full moon theoretically lasts just a moment, that moment is imperceptible to ordinary...

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AOL Auto's: Ford Motor Company�s Lincoln brand is the most reliable vehicle in the automobile industry

AOL Autos recently published an article which noted that a new J.D. Power & Associates research found that Ford Motor Company�s Lincoln brand is the most reliable vehicle in the automobile industry. According to the article, the study was, �based on consumer feedback after three years of ownership, considered a suitable amount of time for real problems to surface.� This is an important thing to note since it indicates that the research isn�t scientific in nature, but more opinion based. The article was good in that it also noted limitations of the study most notably that many of the ranked cars have updated since 2008. This is a major limitation though because it almost makes the study results void, because unless you are buying a model from 2008 or earlier, the results of the study do...

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An Example of Good Research Analysis

This month, USA Today covered a study that deals with erectile dysfunction caused by using pain relievers. The article was brief but efficient. Anyone reading the article would leave with a good understanding of what the study is about. The reporter mentioned when the study was started (2002), the number of participants (80,966), their age ranges (45-69) and the results. We also know who the study was conducted by, its purpose and the prospect of future research. The only thing we don't know that may be useful is the study's tit...

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A Good Explanation, But The Story May Not Be Newsworthy

Last month AOL Health posted an article detailing a recent study that found that using a cellphone for 50 minutes causes the user's brain activity to rise, which is indicated by brain glucose metabolism. The article does a good job of explaining that the study was composed of 47 subjects who received PET scans after glucose metabolism after phones were help up to subjects right and left ears. In addition it is important that the study notes that increased glucose metabolism was localized to areas of the brain where the antenna was, as the study showed an increase by seven percent. However, the issue with this story is that the study does not make the claim that this increased brain activity can definitively leads to cancer. While there is a possibility that this could be the case, this...

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Cell Phone Research on TIME's Health Blog

A recent article on TIME Magazine's health blog HealthLand succinctly and accurately describes research that suggests that using a cell phone can distract someone while crossing the street, especially for older people. News articles describing research can often be lengthy and full of jargon, but this article weaves in the methods used in the experiment, the sample population, and the conclusions, in an interesting, story-telling way, rather than bogging it down by summarizing every aspect of the research report. The only aspects that I would say are missing, is the number of participants and comments from the researcher. The article also could have used an outside expert to validate or refute the claims made in this study. We must however remember that this article comes from a health blog,...

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Aussie journos, handhelds at the Oval Office

My husband, Tom Brune, covers Washington for Newsday. He was at the White House on March 7, when Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrived, accompanied by the Aussie press corps. As the reporters waited to enter the Oval Office, one of the Aussies trained what appeared to be a smart phone on a colleague. The colleage, looking into the hand-held device, said "We are here next to the Rose Garden waiting to go into the Oval Office..." (or something to that effect). Tom said they appeared to be documenting every step for their news organizati...

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An Extensive Study: drinking coffee may lower stroke risk in women

TIME magazine highlighted a recent study published in the March edition of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, which revealed that drinking coffee may in fact lower the risk of stroke in women. This article is a good example of reporting on a survey because both sides are discussed and links are provided to similar studies. It is made clear within the body of the story that the results are not to be taken as absolute and that it will take continued research to determine that the results are accurate as well as why drinking coffee may potentially lower the risk of stroke. The study itself is comprehensive and the procedures used reveal careful implementation. The sample size was approximately 35,000 women between the ages of 49 and 83. The women were observed for about 10 years....

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More Rs than Ds turn to online news in the midst of an election

According to a Pew Research Center study published Thursday, a higher percentage of Republicans watched political videos online before the 2010 election than Democrats. This �The Internet and Campaign 2010� report also concluded that more Republican voters (69 percent) watched and read political content online than Democratic voters (56 percent). The study was based on 2,257 phone interviews of people over the age of 18 immediately after the election. Pew took the time to define an online political user. This was a well-conducted research study and was well-designed. It broke down the information so it could be easily interpreted and understood based on several factors. It used a large sample size over a good time period. My only critique is that the study did not provide clear reasoning...

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Uninteresting Research

An article I found on DonaldsonvilleChief.com discussed research data on religion in the media. I feel that the article, �Religion News: Media coverage on religion doubled in 2010,� did a poor job at presenting the information. Rather than giving background information or explaining the numbers more in-depth, the author just wrote percentage after percentage. For a reader, this would get exhausting. It was a struggle for me to even finish the article and it wasn�t even that long. The article did compare the amount of religion-related articles from this 2010 to 2009, 2008, and 2007. It then went more in-depth to explain how this is the first year religion coverage surpassed science and technology and education. However, it did speculate as to why religion may have received more coverage. Instead,...

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Where are Women Writers? (and where is the further research?)

I currently subscribe to Mediabistro.com, a website that publishes various articles and job postings to journalists. From this website, I stumbled across an article titled �Where are the Women Writers?� After reading the Vida studies, Elisa Strauss of Forward.com decided to tackle the problem of diminishing women writers and figure out why there are in fact more male writers. According to this article, �She wrote to the (editors of The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, Harper�s Magazine, and The Atlantic; she received responses from all but the Atlantic�.The article contains one graph showing that 158 men made up bylines in The Atlantic as opposed to 52 women. Even though you can click on a link in the article that shows more graphs like this, I don't think it presents...

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Mobile video of Wisconsin public employee protests

This page on the WISC3TV Web site allows locals to post mobile news reports and rate one another's submissions. Recent postings included several of the protests - and arrests of protesters - from the rallies outside the state capitol opposing the governor's efforts to end collective bargaining for public employees. Some of the videos are good; some are lame. Overall, they're a useful supplement to the professional news covera...

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