Thank you for taking the time to read this and I appreciate you being willing to answer the questions that us thriving students are longing to know.

I just recently found the field of Media Psychology and was immediately intrigued. I am currently a Senior at William Jessup University and will be graduating this coming May with a BA in Psychology. The concept of Psychology fascinates me and I thrive off of learning about people and how they work and what affects human beings. I first was passionate about finding a way to help those who were lost and looked into Clinical Psychology, but as I started to take more Psychology classes, I realized that my passion was more focused on helping people, but to be more of a mentor or motivational coach for people. So I have been looking for a direction to head into where I could use my passions and still be able to use my degree in Psychology.

From the Psychology classes I have taken, they have covered the areas of media and how the media has impacted the society and friends of mine as well as myself and have always become so passionate about that and want to know how I could change that or at least encourage and motivate others to be that change. Being able to know that there is a way I can study both and gain the insight that truly catches my attention has me on the edge of my seat!

I have also been intrigued by communication and was looking into getting my masters in communication to gain the insight of what communication is and the impacts it has on us when we use it and abuse it. Yet, seeing how communication as well as psychology is such a broad subject, it didn’t help narrow down a career path for me so I have always debated the idea of getting my masters in communication but still wanted to pursue it and research it and be able to gain enough insight on it to inform others of the importance of it as well as how it can be the foundation of so many things in our lives. Media Psychology is more of a narrow area in Psychology and Communication, but is still a broad area from what I’ve read.

With communication, I wanted to study relationships, which is something that truly is something I get so excited for, and want to help others in that area of confusion and how they can succeed in their relationship with the knowledge of communication and the psychological side of it.

I do hope to go for my doctorate, but I’m taking it one step at a time and want to focus on getting my Masters first and am truly looking into Media Psychology as that future path for me. So my questions that I have for you are, is Media Psychology right for me with the small preview I gave you of my heart and desires? What school do you recommend when wanting to pursue a Masters in Media Psychology? Can I use Media Psychology with what I want to do? Should I continue to look into Communication Studies? What would you suggest I look for when considering what area to go into for my doctorate degree?

Thank you for your time!

Anxious and Thriving!

Amanda