Dr. Pamela Rutledge


Pam is Director of the Media Psychology Research Center.

Look for Pam's blog "Positively Media" on PsychologyToday.com.

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Research Survey Launched: Social Media Profiles and Influence on Body Image

Social media has changed how people get information and communicate in many ways. We are not just consumers of media. With social media and new technology and tools, we also can easily make, change, and share media.

There are images everywhere generated by commercial activity and a wealth of research looking at the impact [...]

The role for vigilantes: A little duct tape and plastic sheeting and all’s right with the world

by John & Pamela Rutledge

A version of this article was published on PsychologyToday.com in the blog “Positively Media.”

Dexter is a Showtime series about a serial killer with a code. He only kills the bad guys who deserve it. We love Dexter precisely because he finds bad guys and kills them before they [...]

Psychology of Website Design

This slide show was originally created for a presentation in 2006 but was updated for a group of student web site developers at NYU a few months ago. Web technologies continue to rocket along and the tools have become more flexible, innovative and sophisticated. The fundamental psychological issues of effective design, however, haven’t changed, [...]

Do social networks like Twitter belong in media?

There’s an article on on ABS/CBN news site (Do social networks like Twitter belong in media?) discussing, among other things, the business models of social media, if it’s possible to monetize Twitter, and whether or not Murdoch will invest in Twitter after MySpace.  About 3/4 of the way down the article is a statement [...]