Dr. Pamela Rutledge on the psychology of media and technology
I hadn’t been in Second Life for several months. But I was invited by a friend to visit his class on Social Media Marketing and talk about the psychology of website design (I’ll post the talk when I get it cleaned up--we had some technical issues), so I was forced to go out and go shopping … [Read more...]
Thanks to my friend Jon Cabiria, who got me started on this thing, I am now a Twitter addict. Twitter is a social networking site, a sort of micro-blog where you share tidbits (called "Tweets") with your friends, acquaintances, and total strangers. You can choose how many of these friends and … [Read more...]
Okay, I have to admit I am a gadget-freak. My husband continually gives me grief because I can justify any technology purchase by saying “but I’m a Media Psychologist. I HAVE to know PERSONALLY how it feels to use these things.” So, right after I got the Wii and the iPod touch, I decided I … [Read more...]
One of our colleagues at the Media Psychology Research Center, Fablevision's, Peter Reynolds, lead an interactive investigation with actor Eric Close at the National Educational Computing Conference to demonstrate how technology can impact learning and excite children about education. The event was … [Read more...]
Look for her blog Positively Media on PsychologyToday.com.
