· Stories in writing and in digital media have been shown to affect the morality of adolescents. Lindsay Hahn, an assistant professor of communication at the University at Buffalo, complete a study looking at 4 moral values and how they transferred to adolescents through stories. Through the main character of a story the values were expressed and reactions by other characters such as punishment and reward were changed to gauge its effect on perception. The findings of the study with 200 participants, proved that stories in media affect children’s perception of morality to a good degree. Hahn says that it further reinforces the idea that parents should pay attention to what their children watch and that if stories are used properly, they can supplement direct socialization.
· A cinemagoer who suffered a heart attack while watching the latest Bond movie was saved by fellow films fans who performed CPR on him. 81-year-old Malcolm Clarke went into cardiac arrest at the Odeon cinema in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on Saturday during a screening of the new release. Malcolm had been revisiting childhood haunts in and around Chester