Talk:Media psychology

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Definitions

Initial definitions are taken from the Media Psychology Research Center (a site maintained by leading researchers in the area(s) of media psychology), and the American Psychological Assocation's Division 46 - Media Psychology

We encourage the participation interested and qualified individuals in the development of a constructive definition of the of the field. --Timothy Wells 12:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watching while depressed

It is important to note someplace that it is not universally happy/contented people who spend a lot of time watching television/media. And media is pitched to take advantage of people needing an ego boast (but most likely not getting it!). It cries out to be somewhere! Student7 (talk) 23:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The statement removed was:

"McKibben reported that "people watch television when they felt depressed-that the strongest variable predicting that people would watch TV in the evening was that in the afternoon they felt the day was going badly." The report continues, "...watching actually makes us feel more passive, bored, irritable, sad, and lonely.(ref)The Age of Missing Information, page 198, Penguin publishers, 1993, Bill McKibben(end ref)"

McKibben BTW is a recognized. reliable source, taught in college textbooks!

This is a psychological affect of media. How can it be denied? This is one way that people respond to a "media rich" environment. They don't act well at all. An editor may not like that response, but there it is! Student7 (talk) 13:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Contributing to Page for Psychology Class

I am interested in helping edit this page. For course credit, I am doing research in various journal articles in regards to this topic. Mostly, I want to elaborate on the definition, add new sections (theoretical perspectives, methodology, and key findings), and correct citations. Please, feel free to add suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamela Peterson (talk • contribs) 03:14, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article fails to mention "Torches of Freedom"

I feel that "Torches of Freedom" ought to be not only linked to but featured as a simple-to-understand example that is suitable for, say, high-school students. If anyone would be willing to help, I would like to add a section that does include such an example. So, formally, this would mean:

This article shall include the following: (1) an overview, lacking minor details, suitable for a high-school Sophmore, Junior, and/or Senior, or any combination thereof, of one single and complete example of the historical exploitation of media psychology

Anyway, that is the idea, of course that phrase could be appended or modified in any way, but I hope the intent and basic concept is clear. I'll update the article now. 173.239.78.54 (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]