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    • About Dr. Pamela Rutledge
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      • 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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    • Speaking & Consulting
    • Audience Engagement: Why Use Personas?
      • How to Build a Persona
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    • 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
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      • Benefits of Video Games Part 1
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      • Benefits of Video Games Part 3
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      • 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
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Research Survey Launched: Social Media and Influence of Photos on Body Image

Social media has changed how people get information and communicate in many ways. We are not just consumers of media. With social media and new technology and tools, we also... read more →
  • August 4, 2010
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Social Media: The Media We Love to Hate

Published Previously on Psychology Today "Positively Media" What is the media we love to hate? Right now, it's social media. As a society, we hate pretty much anything new or... read more →
  • May 22, 2010
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Cognitive Broadband: When Visual Information Enhances Cognition

It would be no surprise to the Max Wertheimer and the other Gestalt psychologists that visual displays can deliver complex information so effectively.  I think of it as "cognitive broadband." Journalist... read more →
  • March 24, 2010
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The role for vigilantes: A little duct tape and plastic sheeting and all’s right with the world

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... read more →
  • March 3, 2010
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Using Cognitive Efficiency in Visual Data: Crisis Mapping in Haiti

This is an example of a brilliant use of social media.  I learned about this from one of may favorites Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to... read more →
  • January 15, 2010
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