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    • About Dr. Pamela Rutledge
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      • What Is A Media Psychologist?
      • 8 Reasons Why We Need Media Psychology
      • Careers in Media Psychology
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      • Media Psychology at Fielding Graduate University
      • Positive Media Psychology
    • MPRC
      • Media Psychology Research Center
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      • How to Build a Persona
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      • 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
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      • Benefits of Video Games Part 1
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      • Benefits of Video Games Part 3
      • Becoming Mindful: Exercises
      • Mindful Media Journal
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      • Media Psychology Syllabus 2021
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      • Media Psychology Syllabus 2015
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      • Psychology of Transmedia Engagement
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The Briefcase Rule: Decisions Under Stress

You are more likely to sacrifice your own time and energy to help your partner or loved one if your self-control is taxed, according to research recently published in Psychological Science ( Righetti, Finkenauer... read more →
  • August 10, 2013
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All The World Is A Story

Transmedia storytelling is rapidly becoming the new ‘must have’ in marketing and entertainment. Its adoption is slowed, however, by the... read more →
  • November 21, 2011
  • Pamela Rutledge
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10 Keys to Good Interactive Apps for Pre-schoolers

Social media has redefined "participatory" in all kinds of ways. Social technologies and easy-to-use tools have changed fundamental assumptions about how we interact with everything, not just each other. It's... read more →
  • November 17, 2011
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The Psychology of Social Media that Fuels Social Change

Whether or not Egyptian President Mubarak steps down as protestors demand, it's clear that Egyptian society has undergone a cataclysmic shift. Much of this shift is due to the connectivity... read more →
  • February 10, 2011
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Jump-Start Your Thanksgiving Spirit with the New T-Mobile Video

Warning: T-Mobile Video May Cause Spontaneously Bursts of Smiling. (Previously published on the PsychologyToday blog "Positively Media.")As you gear up for Thanksgiving, be thankful for T-Mobile because they have once... read more →
  • November 21, 2010
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