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By Pamela Rutledge, on January 10th, 2009, %comments('Comments', 'Comments (1)', 'Comments (%)',
The power of media to distribute information to a wide audience makes “stealing” media an effective method of disrupting or redirecting information flows. The Media Psychology Research Center homepage was hijacked yesterday by a Gaza protest group. (Thanks, Larry, for the heads up!) I have included a thumbnail of the intruding page below. The [...]
By Pamela Rutledge, on September 12th, 2008, %comments('Comments', 'Comments (1)', 'Comments (%)',
The question of ‘Internet Addiction’ is big in China. Parents are more worried than ever about their child’s performance–most have only one child to bear the brunt of all that parental pressure–and those same parents are facing a digital divide between themselves and the new generation.
China has its own set of pressures and [...]
By Pamela Rutledge, on August 12th, 2008, %comments('Comments', 'Comments (1)', 'Comments (%)',
A lot of people are preoccupied with the idea of Chinese media as a propaganda device. (I understand that the Chinese character for information and propaganda are the same.) It is certainly true that the media in China is biased; however the western media is also at fault (if that’s the right word) here [...]
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What is media psychology? Media psychology studies the interaction of human experience and media technologies. I use cognitive and positive psychologies to understand this reciprocal relationship. Acknowledging the co-evolution of people and media is key to the assessment and promotion of positive media use and applications for work, education, and play.
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