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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Who Wants A Little More (Augmented) Reality?

Kids with augmented reality planets

Previously published on Psychology Today.com “Positively Media” ———-

Sometimes when new technology is introduced, you get a glimpse of the future. The iPad was like that for me. Now Samsung is introducing the Galaxy Tab (tablet) on September 2. This time, the glimpse of the future comes from [...]

Online Safety: Educate not Legislate

Previously published in Psychology Today “Positively Media.”

Facebook’s recent privacy control changes have triggered a big response of concern, indignation, and pages of analysis. One thing you have to love about social media, when people are ticked off, you find out pretty fast. Facebook is doing some rhetorical back-pedaling but when people are angry, [...]

Augmented Reality: Real Life with Toppings

Published previously on Positively Media Blog on Psychology Today.

Care to try on a dress, take your picture in a virtual Mardi Gras mask, or figure out what size box you need to ship a package—from your computer? You can with augmented reality (AR). There is a virtual dressing room at Tobi.com* virtual city [...]

Want to Keep Your Job? Get More Education

A version of this article ran on PsychologyToday.com in my blog “Positively Media.”

A recent survey by the Career College Association reported that 9 out of 10 Americans think college is important for career opportunities and 67% believe that education is the key to competitiveness in the global economy. Turns out education can also [...]