Handbook of Media Psychology

This comprehensive and up-to-date resource presents the state of the science in the expanding and widely influential field of media psychology and technology. Covering theoretical concepts, research, and practice, this handbook explores key areas relevant to developing media psychology and technology in today's world.

The impact of media and technology is discussed as are the uses and misuses of various media outlets, including television, film, and social media. How media affects public opinion and attitudes is given special attention, as are psycho-social and neuropsychological factors. The authors are recognized experts in this field, many associated with the American Psychological Association’s Society of Media Psychology and Technology. This relevant and timely handbook provides researchers and academics with rich wide-ranging presentations of an area critical to the dissemination and discussion of results and implications of ongoing scientific investigations for bringingabout social change in democratic societies through the use of media and technology.

Preface.-Media psychology and technology: An overview.-A brief history of media psychology (1.0).-Major theories and constructs in media psychology.- Social media and the developing brain.- Political advertising, persuasion, propaganda, and fake news.- Foundations in media psychology: Course and curriculum.- Banned books: Past, present, and future .- Ways that audience members respond to media: A framework for studying audience effects.- The impact of online pornography consumption on youth.- Gender and media.- Psychology and popular film.- Aggression and popular media: From violence in entertainment media to news coverage of violence.- How recognized addiction models and our relationships with digital media intersect.- Apps and Care: Clinical and Societal Applications of Media.- Settling the Score: Virtual Reality as a Tool to Enhance Trauma-Focused Therapy for PTSD.- Ethical issues in media psychology.- The impact of misinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news duringthe COVID-19 pandemic: What artificial intelligence can contribute to detect and mitigate their proliferation .- Complex dynamics of cancel culture in the media.- Media and psychological science.