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The aims of the study were to assess factors responsible for the reduction of preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing breast and abdominal surgeries. In particular, we investigated whether question prompt lists (QPL), patients’ knowledge, or the communication skills of surgeons [...]

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The use of social networks for protest purposes has been an essential element in recent global protests against the economic measures of privatization of public services. Social networks are changing political communication, mobilization and organization of collective protests. [...]

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The current scenario of crisis and change has prompted the idea of entrepreneurship as a way to develop new media business models that can be promoted by university training. In this study, we aim to assess the effects of such training. A qualitative study was conducted using in-depth [...]

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Due to its penetration and access, radio is a very important mass media in the Ibero-American context. However, radio has not received much scholarly attention. In this framework, the present study analyses the situation of Ibero-American radio studies from the perspective of their [...]

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The research supporting this paper addresses the problem of educational communication efficacy using a dual methodology strategy. Over 1.200 questionnaires were given out to professionals in four institutions dedicated to persuasive communication; two traditional ?the church and schools? [...]

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This paper focuses on the role of the image as an agent for social transformation. The methodology adopted is a case study: the impact of the photograph of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old child drowned off Bodrum in an attempt to escape on a raft full of Syrian migrants. This is one [...]

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Nowadays, as ageing increases in Western societies it has become more evident that multiple generations are ageing concurrently at any given time in history. Therefore, ageing must be approached as a multi-generational phenomenon, not just as a question of elders. In this context, [...]

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This paper puts forward an innovation in television language learning for future journalists. He explains the results of his experience, carried out with pupils from Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona and Tec from Monterrey. He comes to the conclusion that

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The author is worried about audiovisual education at school, especially because of its social and personal influence on in our pupils´way of life. This paper describes the audiovisual educational program developed by a local primary school in Cádiz in ord

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This paper makes a brief review of the different uses of Internet focusing on its characteristics: the universality of information, the communicative facilities and the easy access to information. The author thinks that these characteristics are the keys