Television Sets Research Articles

Reframing videotelephony through coexistence and empathy in the third space

ABSTRACT Predicated on the telephone, the history of videotelephony has continually adopted a two-way model of communication between ‘newsreader’ participants, confined to boxes on a screen. This article identifies philosophical approaches and practical solutions to overcome this ‘horseless-carriage’ syndrome using a phenomenological methodology to reframe the concept of videotelephony as a third space encounter through the author’s telematic art practice. By reflecting on audience participation in the Installations Telematic Dreaming (1992) and Telematic Vision (1993) participants interact through a third-person self-image and transcend their physical vulnerabilities and self-conscious inhibitions to engage and identify through coexistence and empathy. These observations draw on analogies between Martin Heidegger’s ‘hammer’ and the television screen, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s ‘extension of bodily synthesis’ and the telepresent image of self. By drawing on these phenomenological approaches, the author’s AHRC research project Telepresence Stage (2022) responded to the mass entrapment of two-way videoconference apps during the COVID-19 lockdown, and the inevitable Zoom fatigue, to provide alternative fit-for-purpose telepresence solutions for the performing arts sector. The project exposes the flaws and misconceptions of conventional videotelephony by employing open-source resources and practical green-screen techniques to embody a shared third space between remote performers, arriving at alternative telepresence solutions for future coexistence.

Ambient identity construction via massive anonymous danmu comments

This article contributes to the scholarship on digital identity work by examining the linguistic mechanisms of ambient identity construction in fully anonymous online environments. It investigates how video viewers construct textual personae by leaving massive anonymous comments in danmu, a viewing-and-commenting system that synchronously posts comments onto a video screen as it plays. Drawing on the sociological concept of homophily and the linguistics-informed Appraisal framework, this study systematically tracks the patterns in the attitudinal orientations among massive anonymous comments left over a high-profile Chinese video featuring a teacher's home visit. The article argues that the technological affordances of danmu lead to the inherent collectiveness of anonymous digital identity construction. It reports two attitudinal meaning-making mechanisms through which massive anonymous comments converge into a homogeneous mass and describes the viewers' collective ambient identities revealed in their comments. This project brings clarity to the dynamics of ambient digital identity construction by deploying computational tools to linguistic analysis and has practical implications for marketing research, social media monitoring, and community building.

Impact of Marketing Strategies on Consumer Buying Behaviour with Specific Reference to Movies as a Medium

The research aims to investigate how film promoters' social media activities and other factors influence public decision-making regarding watching films in theatres. Specifically focusing on film audiences in Tamil Nadu, the study evaluates public perceptions and social media engagement. Limited research has explored variables like promotional campaigns, social media engagement, reviews, and decision-making regarding movie-watching. The study surveyed 300 individuals from Tamil Nadu who had watched films and by using SPSS, statistical analysis has been done to compare results and identify significant relationships influencing consumer decisions. The research highlights the importance of promotional campaigns, social media engagement, and reviews in influencing audiences' movie choices. Social media references can enhance audience enjoyment of recommended films, with social awareness also impacting video screening standards. The findings indicate that social networks play a significant role in influencing movie-watching behaviour. Overall, a combination of factors is necessary to encourage audiences to watch movies, and further exploration of strategies is essential to boost theatre attendance.

Virtual reality games for 3D multimodal designing and knowledge across the curriculum

Immersive virtual reality (VR) is anticipated to peak in development this decade bringing new opportunities for 3D multimodal designing across all levels of education. The need for students to gain capabilities with multimodal texts—texts that combine two or more modes, such as spoken, written, and visual—is emphasised at all levels of education from P-12 in the Australian Curriculum. Likewise, the use of technology-supported pedagogies is increasing worldwide, rendering multimodal texts ubiquitous across all knowledge domains. This original, qualitative classroom research investigated students’ 3D designing of multimodal texts using an immersive VR head-mounted display. Upper primary students (ages 10–12 years, n = 48) transferred their knowledge of ancient Rome through 2D drawing, writing, speaking, and 3D multimodal designing with VR. The application of multimodal analysis to video data, screen recordings, and think-aloud protocols, and the thematic coding of student and teacher interviews yielded four key findings: (i) VR gaming supported 3D multimodal designing through haptic and embodied experience, (ii) VR improved performance through creative redesigning, (iii) VR-supported knowledge application, consolidation, and transfer, and (iv) pedagogical strengths of VR were situated and transformed practice. This research is timely and significant given the increasing accessibility and affordability of VR and the need to connect research and pedagogical practice to support students’ advanced knowledge and capabilities with multimodal learning across the curriculum.

Determinants of Urban Residential Electricity Consumption in Burkina Faso: A Study of Dwelling, Household, Socio-Economic and Appliance-Related Factors

This study analyses the dwelling, household, socio-economic and appliance-related determinants of urban domestic electricity use in Burkina Faso. A survey of 387 households in Ouagadougou was conducted and combined with their electricity use, collected from energy bills. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first large-scale, city-wide household electricity study undertaken in Burkina Faso. Linear regression models were applied to the data to assess the influence of household, dwelling, socio-economic and appliance-related factors on electricity use. Significant and unambiguous predictors of urban domestic electricity use included household income, dwelling tenure type and ownership, and use of lighting fixtures, television sets, fridges, fans, freezers and air conditioners. Dwelling, household and socio-economic factors explained 70.2% and 70.5% of the variance in electricity use, respectively, when combined with appliance ownership and use factors. This study provides an understanding of the driving factors of domestic electricity use and discusses the implications and applications of this research for a range of stakeholders in the electricity sector.

Visual Snow Syndrome in Patient with Migraine: Case Report and Literature Review.

Visual snow syndrome (VSS) is a rarely diagnosed neurological phenomenon. It is a visual disorder characterised by the presence of numerous white, black, or translucent dots in the visual field, resembling the 'snow' of an analogue TV set experiencing reception interference. According to The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, visual snow is defined as a pattern of continuous small dots across the visual field lasting >3 months and accompanied by at least two of the following four additional symptoms: palinopsia, increased entoptic phenomena, photophobia, and nyctalopia. These complaints are not consistent with a typical migraine with visual aura and cannot be better explained by another disorder. The authors present the case of a 39-year-old woman who was diagnosed with VSS. The symptoms appeared after a migraine attack and had not alleviated. The patient reported a sensation of constant 'TV screen snow'. A neurological examination found no signs of focal damage to the nervous system. The results of the ophthalmological examination, MRI of the brain with contrast, MRI of the eye sockets, and EEG were normal. VSS is a phenomenon that is still not fully understood, different from migraine aura and associated with a number of additional symptoms. VSS is very difficult to treat. In this case, a lot of drugs were used without improvement. Further research must be conducted to determine the best treatment options for these patients.

ANALYSIS OF TELEVISION SIGNAL BOOSTERS USING DIGITAL TELEVISION BOOSTERS AND ANTENNA

A digital antenna is a device used to capture digital signals. Digital television broadcasts are capable of transmitting better reception quality image signals on the television screen than analog broadcasts. Using an antenna without a booster causes less than optimal reception for several stations that are quite far from the receiving antenna. The television antenna booster functions as an amplifier for signal losses received from the antenna via coaxial cable. The signal that enters the antenna through the cable is a very weak RF signal. The booster itself works as an RF signal amplifier and also acts as a frequency selector used by the television receiver (VHF or UHF). This research aims to analyze the comparison of the performance of two antenna boosters, namely the TOYOSAKI Booster and MATRIX Booster, using digital antennas, namely the TOYOSAKI, MATTRIX and TAFFWARE antennas, to find a comparison of which antenna and booster are the best. This research uses the SINPO method, namely a number code to assess signal strength, interference, atmospheric noise, propagation conditions, and general impression of reception. Ratings are made with numbers ranging from 5 (very good) to 1 (very bad). The research results show that the quality of the images produced by the TOYOSAKI and MATRIX antennas is better using the MATRIX Booster than using the TOYOSAKI Booster. Meanwhile, for the TAFFWARE antenna, it is better to use a TOYOSAKI Booster than to use a MATRIX.

Panic during Covid-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Media Coverage in India

The COVID-19 pandemic came as a nightmare across the Globe. In time of crisis, people rely on Mass Media for information and updates on the present situation. News related to death rates and the shortage of proper medical infrastructure caused panic and anxiety. The infodemic created mental health concerns. The role of television became crucial as a source of information leaving behind the newspapers and magazines, which people refrained because of contactless preference of information. The BARC India report confirmed that a substantial jump in television viewership was seen during the Pandemic and the average time spent per day per viewer increased. After the onset of the coronavirus, India underwent a strict lockdown, which led people to be confined to their houses and television screens. This is a review-based paper to explore the Media coverage and the panic caused by the news coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Different news articles, journals, and studies related to Media coverage affecting people during COVID-19 were reviewed. The research is descriptive in nature and the data is secondary. In this study, prior research is combined to obtain a full overview of the research conducted in this area.

The *.* Group’s Contribution to the Development of Technological Art in Brazil

Abstract The author describes three interactive installations presented by the *.* Group from the turn of the 1980s to the 1990s. The first installation, Fractal Art, explored the fractal theme through various mediums, including images, music, sculpture, video, and photoelectric sensors. The second installation, Foreseen Variations, featured a robot performing a choreography with a dancer in an environment equipped with a camera and TV sets, allowing the audience to be immersed in a virtual performance. The third installation, Aurora Beings, was a continuation of the previous one, where young people could program a choreography for the robot and act as both artists and engineers within the environment.

Modeling non-linear loads for low-voltage electric grids

The authors performed the computer modeling of a power distribution grid section comprising a significant non-linear and asymmetric household and office load. The modeling was performed using the SimInTech software. The developed model was used to study the impacts that non-linear single-phase consumers (e.g. computers, printers, TV sets, microwave ovens, etc) have on the distortion of current and voltage curves in the grid and the formation of current in the transformer neutral. The authors demonstrate the dependency between the higher harmonic values of the phase and transformer neutral currents and the total non-linear consumer power, their share in the overall power substation load, and the distribution of non-linear consumer load across the substation feeders. To reduce the level of harmonic current components, the authors suggest using narrow-band passive higher harmonic filters. A computer model was developed for the simultaneous operation of a single-phase non-linear load and a four-link filter compensating device that comprises the filters set for the frequencies of the third, fifth, seventh, and ninth harmonics. The analysis of the non-sinusoidal operating modes of the grids with -harmonic filters connected showed that there is practically no current in the neutral while the distortion factors of the phase currents and grid voltage curves are at the minimum.

Private screen access in early adolescence predicts subsequent academic and social impairment at the end of high school for boys and girls.

Youth media guidelines in Canada and the United States recommend that bedrooms should remain screen-free zones. This study aims to verify whether bedroom screens at age 12 years prospectively predict academic and social impairment by age 17 years. Participants were from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development birth cohort (661 girls and 686 boys). Linear regression analyses estimated associations between having a bedroom screen (television or computer) at age 12 years and selfreported overall grades, dropout risk, prosocial behaviour and likelihood of having experienced a dating relationship in the past 12 months at age 17 years, while adjusting for potential individual and family confounding factors. For both girls and boys, bedroom screens at age 12 years predicted lower overall grades (B = -2.41, p ≤ 0.001 for boys; -1.61, p ≤ 0.05 for girls), higher dropout risk (B = 0.16, p ≤ 0.001 for boys; 0.17, p ≤ 0.001 for girls) and lower likelihood of having experienced a dating relationship (B = -0.13, p ≤ 0.001 for boys; -0.18, p ≤ 0.001 for girls) at age 17. Bedroom screens also predicted lower levels of prosocial behaviour (B = -0.52, p ≤ 0.001) at age 17 years for boys. The bedroom as an early adolescent screen-based zone does not predict long-term positive health and well-being. Pediatric recommendations to parents and youth should be more resolute about bedrooms being screen-free zones and about unlimited access in private exposures in childhood.

Information System Design Library Management At Jakarta Television Station

Monitoring and management of program material/content on television stations is crucial for it to be run and presented effectively and efficiently. This writing explains the obstacles faced and determines the right solution to overcome each obstacle faced. Using descriptive presentation and data collection methods carried out in the form of literature studies, field studies in the form of observations, interviews and documentation. Based on research, it can be concluded that PT ITV still uses other TV systems to record program data, so that PT ITV has difficulties in monitoring content material, limited access to using this system. Having a computerized Mandiri Library Management system is a must according to PT ITV's needs. In its creation, there were 4 actors/Users in this information system, namely: Programming, Library, QC (Quality Control), and MCR (Master Control Room). Programming can input the program Playlist, the Library can manage the program Playlist data, QC can check and make status changes, and MCR can see the daily Playlist that is ready to be broadcast.

Implementation of International Conventions on the Participation of National Communities in Creation of TV Broadcasting (on the example

Based on the analysis of international legal standards, the article investigates the possibilities and conditions of television sets in the context of cove-rage of the life of national minorities in Ukraine on the example of the Chernivtsi and Zakarpattia regions. The author concludes: research on television coverage of the activities of national minorities is an indicator of the balance of local, state and international political interests. In the context of the information war aimed at manipulating the image of Ukraine in the context of its positioning as a State that infringes on the right of ethnic communities to express themselves in their own language, the realization of the rights of communities to create content becomes particularly important: it is also about the influence on the work of Ukraine to improve the legislation in the context of the European integration. The article emphasizes the priority of creation and financial support of TV platforms where representatives of national communities can produce and distribute media content that does not contradict the national interests of Ukraine.

A kick monitoring method for deepwater open-circuit drilling based on convolutional neural network

In the case of shallow drilling in deepwater without installation of riser and subsea BOP, open-circuit drilling is usually used. In the process of open-circuit drilling, drilling fluid is directly returned to the seabed. Therefore, observing the return of seabed drilling fluid through Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has become one of the main methods for monitoring the kick in open-circuit drilling. However, the current ROV monitoring method only relies on the professional technical personnel to observe the video screen, which is difficult to identify the kick quickly and accurately in the early stage. In view of this problem, an intelligent kick monitoring method based on deep learning image recognition technology is proposed in this paper. By collecting the actual video image data shot by ROV and simulating the drilling fluid return morphology under different gas influx using Ansys Fluent software, a typical sample database is constructed. Then, the pretrained GoogLeNet neural network model is used for transfer learning, and the video images shot by ROV on site are used to test the trained model. The results show that this method can identify the kick more quickly and accurately, and the model has good robustness. Using this method can greatly reduce the economic losses in the process of deepwater open-circuit drilling, and provides technical support for safe and efficient drilling of deepwater open-circuit drilling.

The Reception of Holocaust (1978) in Spain: Commending and Condemning Holocaust Memory

ABSTRACT When Holocaust reached Spaniards’ TV sets in 1979, the extermination of the Jews of Europe was an event marginally known and scarcely discussed by the Spanish people. The miniseries was a form of Holocaust representation that for the first time was fully embraced by political and TV authorities in Spain. Consequently, the Holocaust emerged from behind the censorship and silencing typical of Francoist dictatorship and became a topic of discussion in the public sphere. The public TV station Televisión Española (TVE) hosted two debates featuring historians and intellectuals that focused on the miniseries and also on various aspects of Nazism, the Holocaust, and the uses of Holocaust memory in the contemporary world. Similarly, the national newspapers El País and ABC offered broad coverage of the release of Holocaust and the polemics surrounding it. This intellectual discussion and journalistic attention to Holocaust took place against a backdrop of political transition from a dictatorial regime to a parliamentary democracy, conflicting interests in foreign policy in relation to the Middle East and the West, and meager acknowledgment of Spain’s role during WWII and long history of antisemitism. Grounded on cultural memory as a suitable approach to understand the potential of popular culture in affecting historical interpretation, the article argues that the public presentation of Holocaust simultaneously commended and condemned Holocaust memory or, more precisely, condemned a perceived hegemonic Jewish reading of the Holocaust and commended an interpretation of that event particularly useful to the Spanish political elites of the time.

High-Priority Battlefield Items and Television Sets – How Sanctions Reduced Russians’ Access to Goods

High-Priority Battlefield Items and Television Sets – How Sanctions Reduced Russians’ Access to Goods

Indium Recovery from End-of-Life E-Waste: Important Details Related to Spectroanalytical Determination and Recycling Viability

Recycling has experienced great interest over the past five years, primarily driven by its strategic economic significance and the growing scarcity of natural resources. One element that has garnered attention is indium (In), especially due to its presence in flat panel displays (FPDs), particularly in devices utilizing liquid crystal display (LCD). The goal of this research was to establish a method for extracting In from LCD. The study faced challenges related to In determination using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP OES), and furthermore, it proposed an optimized extraction method through design of experiments (DoE), focusing on extraction time and percentage of solid variables. Diverse sample types encompassing smartphones, monitors, and television screens were processed. Leaching was conducted utilizing a magnetic plate at 80 °C, employing a 1 mol L-1 H2SO4 solution along with 25% m v-1 of the sample. This proposed method achieved a near-complete extraction rate (100%) for In. Moreover, in-depth interviews were conducted with several stakeholders in urban mining and various sectors within Brazil. The insights gleaned from these interviews showed the absence of a consolidated market for recycling LCDs with a specific emphasis on In recovery.

ТЕЛЕВИДЕНИЕ В ПОЭЗИИ ВИКТОРА КРИВУЛИНА

The paper explores the representation of television and the television screen in the later poetry of Viktor Krivulin (1944–2001), a prominent figure in independent Russian literature. The analysis is framed within the concept of the underground culture, which highlights a creative individual’s media engagement, as well as media selection based on credibility, message relevance, and replicability. It is hypothesized that this experience significantly influenced Krivulin’s depiction of television. The study evaluates the utility of Lacan’s methodology, as interpreted in Kittler’s media theory,for analyzing Krivulin’s poems. The world he portrays is consistently one of historical devastation, where television often serves to obscure reality. However, the nature of news changes in the post-Soviet era: it is no longer cultural updates, but news from the world of media, with a peculiar self-destructive language. Not only television shapes news presentation; it also influences modes of existence in front of and behind the screen, which could be compared to pre-mortem and post-mortem states following the collapse of the culture’s symbolic body. In Krivulin’s work from the 1990s, the portrayal of television as a broadcasting medium undergoes several transformations, influenced by shifts in artistic objectives and changes in television stylistics during this period. The paper delineates a timeline of these shifts and identifies a common trajectory in this evolution. Initially perceived as an innovative force building new social and political connections between generations, television later transitioned into a part of everyday life during a period of significant change and the disruption of previous social connections between people and their former media provisions. Eventually, television began to be viewed as a distinct form of information delivery, akin to theater and dreaming, heralding a positive narrative of historical memory. At all stages, television is contrasted with radio broadcasting as the notification of a catastrophic disaster.

Breaking news: Television in Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

The story of film’s relationship with television is long and fraught, a story of close alliances and indeed desired assimilation (of films on the small screen, or of studios owning stations), as well as of bitter rivalries (for viewers) with disastrous consequences (like Mankiewicz’s dispendious and Shakespeare-inspired Cleopatra (1963) and its effect on Fox studios): a tale, in short, not entirely dissimilar to the legendary Romeo and Juliet. As such, viewers perhaps should not have been surprised that Baz Luhrmann, whose work has been largely characterized by surprising associations, would have begun his rendition of the classic tale with the image of a television set automatically turning on and revealing a newscaster whose “news” is the play’s prologue. In so doing, Luhrmann makes the news not the story itself, but rather the way it is conveyed – “the medium is the message”, as McLuhan would say, and the well-known tale is made new through mingling these media. From this perspective, the television becomes a defining characteristic of this film’s rendition of Luhrmann’s Red Curtain aesthetic. By bookending the film with a camera dollying first towards and finally away from the television set, the director foregrounds television, first as object, and then as aesthetic, in this performance of Shakespeare’s classic tale. Though television may seem peripheral (both literally and thematically) in the film, I argue that Luhrmann’s use of television and its multiplicity of genres and tropes are actually central to its politics of adaptation.

Rapid Evidence Analysis of Diversity in UK Public Service Television: What Do We Know and What Should We Find Out?

This article reports the results of a rapid evidence analysis (REA) of academic research focused on diversity in UK public service television broadcasting, published between 2016 and 2021. The aim of the REA was to establish the scale and quality of academic research on diversity in the context of public service television production, representation and reception, as well as to understand trends in research and gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed. The findings show that research is both sparse and fragmented. It is dominated by studies of on-screen diversity, rather than production or reception, and BBC content receives most attention, while other public service broadcasters are analysed much less frequently. In light of the findings, we propose a number of new directions for research, including a broader range of topics and methods and a more inclusive approach to the broadcast landscape. Analyses should facilitate an understanding of the impact of diversity across production, on-screen and among audiences, and adopt a longitudinal design, so that progress towards diversity over time can be evaluated.