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Media Psychology Research topics include media uses, processes, and effects.
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Media Psychology is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to publishing theoretically oriented, empirical research that is at the intersection of psychology and media/mediated communication.

20/02/2024

📢 2nd issue of in 2024 out now! 6 articles featuring capitilization and emotional expression on social media, inclusive attitudes, compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures, as well as epistemic emotions in entertainment experiences 👉 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmep20/current

🌟Pub alert 🌟 What are the impacts of switching between immersive & non-immersive media?   🤔 In their new study, Li Zhang...
09/02/2024

🌟Pub alert 🌟 What are the impacts of switching between immersive & non-immersive media? 🤔 In their new study, Li Zhang, James J. Cummings, Xinyue Liu, Di Mu & Bochao Sun examine the nature of excitation transfer effects. Read the article here 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ys4586jh

Can cognitive decline explain age differences in media multitasking? 📲💻A new experiment by Wienke Wannagat, Tamara Marti...
06/02/2024

Can cognitive decline explain age differences in media multitasking? 📲💻A new experiment by Wienke Wannagat, Tamara Martin, Gerhild Nieding, Nicolas Rohleder & Linda Becker tests impacts of multitasking on task performance & stress responses. 👩👴http://tinyurl.com/rjwj62c8

📢Pub alert 📢In a new article, Ellen Van Houtven, Stella Belle Acquah, Magdalena Obermaier, Muniba Saleem & Desiree Schmu...
05/02/2024

📢Pub alert 📢In a new article, Ellen Van Houtven, Stella Belle Acquah, Magdalena Obermaier, Muniba Saleem & Desiree Schmuck find that online is perceived by minority groups as social identity threat. 🌐🤬 Find out more about the role of counter speech here 👉 http://tinyurl.com/yzd6v4ey

Does   economic inequality have to do with media consumption? 👩‍💼♀️ Francesca Guizzo, Daniela Di Michele & Mara Cadinu i...
01/02/2024

Does economic inequality have to do with media consumption? 👩‍💼♀️ Francesca Guizzo, Daniela Di Michele & Mara Cadinu investigate the relationship of sexualized media content and women’s self-perception of their competence, autonomy, & morality in context of salary negotiations. 👉http://tinyurl.com/3tmz84hn

🌟A new longitudinal study by Sebastián Valenzuela, Trevor Diehl, Sangwon Lee & Daniel Halper finds within-person recipro...
31/01/2024

🌟A new longitudinal study by Sebastián Valenzuela, Trevor Diehl, Sangwon Lee & Daniel Halper finds within-person reciprocal effects between social media use & conspiracy thinking. 🛸👽 🕴️🤔 Find out more in our advance online article 👉 http://tinyurl.com/9jynwew4

🌟New   article: This experiment by Chris Skurka, Nahyun Kim, Nicholas Eng & Mary Beth Oliver explores emotional response...
30/01/2024

🌟New article: This experiment by Chris Skurka, Nahyun Kim, Nicholas Eng & Mary Beth Oliver explores emotional responses (awe, hope, sadness, fear) to beauty vs. negative impacts depictions of pro-environmental content 🌍🌻🌳. http://tinyurl.com/ycx7fxhm

Featured in our latest issue: Allison C. Drody, Brandon C. W. Ralph, James Danckert & Daniel Smilek investigate how bore...
22/01/2024

Featured in our latest issue: Allison C. Drody, Brandon C. W. Ralph, James Danckert & Daniel Smilek investigate how boredom & effort relate to performance during sustained tasks, unveiling the influence of rising opportunity costs on increases in media . 📱💻📻 Check out their findings at: http://tinyurl.com/mpc99h3u

Find out how culture shapes media perspectives in our latest issue! 🌏📱This study by McKenzie et al. reveals ecological &...
19/01/2024

Find out how culture shapes media perspectives in our latest issue! 🌏📱This study by McKenzie et al. reveals ecological & generational gaps in media use, access & perceived relevance within Thailand’s rural & urban areas. 🏞️🏙️Check out the article here: http://tinyurl.com/2tuay7k7

Featured in our latest issue: Does social media impact the hiring process? 💼🤔 This study by Caleb T. Carr, Mary C. Katre...
17/01/2024

Featured in our latest issue: Does social media impact the hiring process? 💼🤔 This study by Caleb T. Carr, Mary C. Katreeb & Ertemisa P. Godinez investigated how the presence of problematic content on social media can change perceptions of person-job fit 💻🔍. Read about their findings here: http://tinyurl.com/yc45w4an

New article on social media & underage drinking!📱🍻 obyn Vanherl, Ine Beyens & Kathleen Beullens demonstrate that exposur...
16/01/2024

New article on social media & underage drinking!📱🍻 obyn Vanherl, Ine Beyens & Kathleen Beullens demonstrate that exposure to friend-focused posts increases the likelihood of adolescent alcohol consumption, however depending on the legal drinking age.👬🥂http://tinyurl.com/yrrynjus

Featured in our latest issue: Explore this study by Lindsay Hahn, Ron Tamborini, Melinda Aley, Joshua Baldwin & Sara M. ...
15/01/2024

Featured in our latest issue: Explore this study by Lindsay Hahn, Ron Tamborini, Melinda Aley, Joshua Baldwin & Sara M. Grady on moral comprehension in young minds! Using the MIME model, the authors reveal how early adolescents successfully draw specific moral values from narratives 📚🧠. Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/3dxwjtkp

🌟 Unveiling the suspense: In our latest issue, Katherine Schibler, Lindsay Hahn, & Melanie C. Green investigate how clif...
11/01/2024

🌟 Unveiling the suspense: In our latest issue, Katherine Schibler, Lindsay Hahn, & Melanie C. Green investigate how cliffhangers can enhance audience retention without compromising enjoyment. 📚😱🍿 Learn about their findings here: http://tinyurl.com/39thynbc

📢1st issue of   in 2024 out now! 6 articles feature cliffhangers, children's moral comprehension of narratives, alcohol ...
10/01/2024

📢1st issue of in 2024 out now! 6 articles feature cliffhangers, children's moral comprehension of narratives, alcohol content on social media, social media in the hiring process, digital divides in Thailand & media multitasking. 👉http://tinyurl.com/4eys2nfm

Do novel or appropriate dating profile texts affect romantic attractiveness? 💑📲 This study by Tess Van der Zanden & Alex...
09/01/2024

Do novel or appropriate dating profile texts affect romantic attractiveness? 💑📲 This study by Tess Van der Zanden & Alexander Peter Schouten investigates the two creativity dimensions to explain effects of impression formation. 👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻💘 Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/2s3vedjf

Media Psychology wishes you happy holidays!🎄We thank our editorial board members, reviewers and readers for the continue...
20/12/2023

Media Psychology wishes you happy holidays!🎄We thank our editorial board members, reviewers and readers for the continued support and wish you the best for the new year. See you again in January☃️❄️

🚨 This new article by Judy Watts, James Alex Bonus & Emily Moyer-Gusé analyses emotional reactions of 8-12 y/o children ...
19/12/2023

🚨 This new article by Judy Watts, James Alex Bonus & Emily Moyer-Gusé analyses emotional reactions of 8-12 y/o children to eudaimonic narratives underlining how mixed emotions can foster emotional maturity. 🎥👸🤴Read the article here: https://tinyurl.com/ykaxvz6c

🚨 Negative effects of smartphone presence on cognitive performance might be smaller than previously assumed & face metho...
14/12/2023

🚨 Negative effects of smartphone presence on cognitive performance might be smaller than previously assumed & face methodological concerns. 🧠📱 Find out more in the new meta-analysis by Douglas A. Parry at: http://tinyurl.com/yvg6afb8

🚨New article alert! Don’t miss Emma Rodero & Isabel Rodríguez de Dios' fascinating work analyzing how binaural (3D) soun...
30/11/2023

🚨New article alert! Don’t miss Emma Rodero & Isabel Rodríguez de Dios' fascinating work analyzing how binaural (3D) sound in audio stories affects listeners’ cognitive processing and physiological responses https://tinyurl.com/bdhe7j22

🌟Featured in the latest issue: Kaitlin Fitzgerald, C. Joseph Francemone, Melanie Green, Matthew Grizzard, Rebecca Frazer...
29/11/2023

🌟Featured in the latest issue: Kaitlin Fitzgerald, C. Joseph Francemone, Melanie Green, Matthew Grizzard, Rebecca Frazer developed and validated a scale to measure experiences of emotional flow. Read their work here: https://tinyurl.com/yc7xrh3v

🌟Featured in the latest issue: What makes inspirational media so inspiring? Katherine Dale, Jacob Fisher, Jia Liao, & Et...
29/11/2023

🌟Featured in the latest issue: What makes inspirational media so inspiring? Katherine Dale, Jacob Fisher, Jia Liao, & Ethan Grinberg explore this question in their study on emotional arcs and self-transcendent elicitors in inspirational movies https://tinyurl.com/yv6hubh6

🌟Featured in the latest issue: Learn how well people identify   on social media and the impact of news presentation and ...
28/11/2023

🌟Featured in the latest issue: Learn how well people identify on social media and the impact of news presentation and cognitive and motivation tendencies on their veracity judgments in this article by Wenjie Yan & Zhongdang Pan. https://tinyurl.com/3p7mumyt

🌟Featured in latest issue: Melissa Robinson & Megan Vendemia’s research reveal how self-concept influences the selection...
27/11/2023

🌟Featured in latest issue: Melissa Robinson & Megan Vendemia’s research reveal how self-concept influences the selection and processing of narratives, which shape affect and appearance esteem. Discover their findings here: https://tinyurl.com/yfh5jyx7

🚨New article alert! Jane Shawcroft, Sarah M. Coyne, Adam Rogers, Peter Reschke, Laura Stockdale, & Hailey Holmgren’s lat...
22/11/2023

🚨New article alert! Jane Shawcroft, Sarah M. Coyne, Adam Rogers, Peter Reschke, Laura Stockdale, & Hailey Holmgren’s latest publication explores children’s engagement with princess👑and superhero🦸cultures. Read about early gendered environments and gendered parenting influences here: https://tinyurl.com/49mr8ncs

🔦Article Spotlight: With the highly anticipated release of a   trailer in the gaming world, it’s the perfect time to rev...
16/11/2023

🔦Article Spotlight: With the highly anticipated release of a trailer in the gaming world, it’s the perfect time to revisit Michael A. Gilbert, Soraya Giaccardi, & L. Monique Ward’s study on genres, ideology, risk behavior, and delinquency. Read it here: https://tinyurl.com/2sb2z4z7

🌟Featured in latest issue: The design of sensitive-content screens⚠️on Instagram shapes our information-seeking behavior...
15/11/2023

🌟Featured in latest issue: The design of sensitive-content screens⚠️on Instagram shapes our information-seeking behaviors📲, according to a recent experiment by Erin T. Simister, Victoria M. E. Bridgland, Paul Williamson, & Melanie K. T. Takarangi.

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3cpvvn6c

🌟Featured in latest issue: Is social media as damaging to mental health as often portrayed? Explore Kennon Sheldon & Liu...
14/11/2023

🌟Featured in latest issue: Is social media as damaging to mental health as often portrayed? Explore Kennon Sheldon & Liudmila Titova's nuanced research on how self-determined motivation for social media use can actually enhance our subjective .

https://tinyurl.com/2p8ww3d3

🌟Featured in latest issue: Knox, Berzenski, & Drew wanted a sound tool to assess   in college students, so they designed...
09/11/2023

🌟Featured in latest issue: Knox, Berzenski, & Drew wanted a sound tool to assess in college students, so they designed and validated two companion scales for measuring videoconference and in-person . See their work here: https://tinyurl.com/5dtmaamf

Excited to report that we reached 59,755 article downloads in quarter three (Q3) of 2023, surpassing our previous Q3 fig...
08/11/2023

Excited to report that we reached 59,755 article downloads in quarter three (Q3) of 2023, surpassing our previous Q3 figures from the last 3 years. Thanks to our contributors and readers for making this possible! 📚💻

The latest issue of Media Psychology 26(5) is out now! Check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/3us7xwdwTopics covered in ...
07/11/2023

The latest issue of Media Psychology 26(5) is out now! Check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/3us7xwdw

Topics covered in this issue include:
- Social media and well-being 😌
- Sensitive-information content ⚠️
- Emotional shifts in inspirational movies 🎬
- Meeting fatigue 😓
- Body positive narratives 🌟
- False news on social media 📰
- Emotional flow 🌊

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