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DR. PAM | MEDIA PSYCHOLOGIST
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
    • About Dr. Pamela Rutledge
    • Media Psychology
      • What Is A Media Psychologist?
      • 8 Reasons Why We Need Media Psychology
      • Careers in Media Psychology
      • Example Careers in Media Psychology
      • Media Psychology at Fielding Graduate University
      • Positive Media Psychology
    • MPRC
      • Media Psychology Research Center
    • Media Psychology Review
  • Consulting
    • Speaking & Consulting
    • Audience Engagement: Why Use Personas?
      • How to Build a Persona
    • Adapting to Change
    • Transmedia Storytelling
      • Storytelling Across Platforms
      • Transmedia Storytelling Starts with the Power of Story
      • Our Transmedia World
      • Transmedia Case Study: The Three Little Pigs
      • Transmedia Storytelling Workshop
  • Story Power
    • Brand Storytelling
    • Storytelling: Brands, Entertainment & Organizations
      • Storytelling for Organizations
      • Core Story: Case Study
  • In the News
    • Press Quotes & Interviews 2022-2025
    • 2021-2019
    • 2018-2016
    • 2016-2017
    • 2015-2013
    • 2012 & EARLIER
    • Video Interviews & Webinars
  • Resources
    • Mindful Media & Digital Literacy
      • Positive Media Psychology
      • Benefits of Video Games Part 1
      • Benefits of Video Games Part 2
      • Benefits of Video Games Part 3
      • Becoming Mindful: Exercises
      • Mindful Media Journal
    • Academic Materials
      • Media Psychology Syllabus 2021
      • Media Psychology Syllabus 2012
      • Media Psychology Syllabus 2015
    • Articles
      • Persuasion & Augmented Reality
      • Psychology of Transmedia Engagement
      • Theories of Attention
      • The Psychology of Color
      • Website Design: How to Use Psych Theory
      • Data Strategy: Listen to Your Consumers’ Stories
      • The Psychology of Story
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Jun 03

New Media, New Rules of Engagement

Harvard Business Review has launched its first ever Interactive Case Study. That, in itself, is pretty cool. But the case study itself “We Googled You” raises interesting questions and changes the meaning of a background search on potential employees. You can download a PDF version of the case study and... read more →
  • June 3, 2007
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Jun 03

When does analysis become over-analysis or, who’s the narcissist here?

An interesting article by Randy Dotinga appearing in the 5-24-07 issue of Wired called Anakin Skywalker: Borderline Personality, Bipolar or Narcissist?A team of psychiatrists has done a study analyzing Anakin Skywalker . According to Dr. Eric Bui in Toulouse, France, a co-author of the study, they have concluded that Anakin... read more →
  • June 3, 2007
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Apr 16

Robin Hood Victorious

A colleague sent around an article about research out of UCD that has gotten a lot of attention with headlines like: "Study Reveals "Robin Hood Impulse' in Human Nature." ...120 paid student volunteers at a computer lab on the campus of the University of California at Davis sat at computer... read more →
  • April 16, 2007
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Apr 16

Why Not YouEd?

Why not YouEd? This article "Young Americans Have Fallen In Love With Streaming Video, Thanks To YouTube And Other Video File Sharing Websites" made me think that as technology evolves and people’s experiences and preferences shift, it opens new ways to think outside the ivy halls. Streaming video could have... read more →
  • April 16, 2007
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Apr 14

Imus – Reverse Heckling?

Jason Whitlock (Kansis City) wrote an interesting editorial (4/11/07): "Imus isn’t the real bad guy." In it, he argues that instead of "wasting time on the irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture." Personally, I think Imus is a jerk, don’t like him, &... read more →
  • April 14, 2007
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