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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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 [...]

“Did You Know” Version 4: Media Convergence

A reader of my PT blog let me know that there is a new version of the “Did You Know” video. It really summarizes the convergence of media technologies in a powerful way. I included Version 3 at the end of my last post because it is a wake-up call about the impact of [...]

Carried Away with Balloon Boy

This article was published on PsychologyToday.com in my blog “Positively Media.”

The big story today was the six-year old boy who was carried away in the family weather balloon. It was the ONLY story on the news radio channel during my drive home from the post office and I arrived back at [...]

Trends and Getting the ‘Truth’ from Social Media

Trends matter in audience profiling. Even a social or politically-based trend impacts messaging on a micro-level. Some trends are more directly applicable to audience profiling than others depending upon what audience you are trying to reach. Social trending is particularly important because it sets the tone and context of how direct and specific messages [...]