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Understanding Media Psychology
When I first enrolled in a media psychology program, I had a limited concept of the field. I had stumbled across the distributed learning program online, and the combination of media and psychology fascinated me.
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Presidential Symposium: The Medium Is Still the Message
“Can we talk?” Joan Rivers’ signature catchphrase is something psychologists might consider adopting, at least according to a panel of eminent journalists talking about “The Mind in the Media” at the APS 18th Annual Convention.
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A Few Minutes of Your Time: Tips on Communicating Scientific Information to the Media
There is an inherent tension that comes with communicating scientific findings through popular media outlets. You have to make the details (well, at least the outline) of your science understandable to those without prior knowledge
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Start Spreading the Science: Setting the Stage for a New Kind of Convention
Welcome back to the excitement of a new academic year. I always find September refreshing, not only for the set of new and bright faces peering around each new corner, but also from the sense
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Forum Letters
An APS by Any Other Name I WAS PRESENT AT THE CREATION of the American Psychological Society, and at a meeting in New Orleans in April of 1988, I presented the case for our current
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Desperately Seeking Phil
It grew gradually throughout the year and reached a thundering crescendo that could no longer be ignored: A column on Dr. Phil. When I started thinking about writing these monthly Observer columns, I asked
