Media Psychology Matters: The Psychology of Media & Technology
The 2008 Obama Presidential campaign made history. Not only was Obama the first African American to be elected president, but he was also the first presidential candidate to effectively use social media as a major campaign strategy. It’s easy to forget, given how ubiquitous social media is … [Read more...]
The ethical questions surrounding psychologists who appear in the mass media are emotionally-loaded and subject to much debate. But we also have to realize that there really is no such thing as just 'mass' media anymore in the traditional sense of uni-directional broadcast one-to-many media. The … [Read more...]
I received the following 'chain' email from a family member. I kind of liked it as it reminded me that yesterday I saw an article about how members of Congress were, in fact, getting richer as Americans are getting poorer. They are more likely to be part of the 1%, than the 99%. I like the … [Read more...]
The Wall Street Journal reports that reverse mentoring has finally cracked the workplace so that senior executives can learn more about technology, social media and the latest workplace trends. Reverse mentoring is the euphemism for having younger employees teach older ones how to use technology and … [Read more...]
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model, developed in 1948, resonated across many disciplines, from business, technology and education to its field of origin, psychology. It spoke to potential and to positive conceptualizations of human motivation. As popular and widely applied as this model has been, … [Read more...]
Dr. Pamela Rutledge is available to the press for comments and analysis of the impact of technology and social media use on individuals, business strategy, and society.
Contact: prutledge@mprcenter.org
