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)

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)


 * 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)


 * OK but people watch television for other reasons, rather than simply being depressed. e.g. watching football with friends as a bonding experience, watching tv after work to unwind and relax, watching tv news for information, watching educational programs etc. So any claim that people watch tv because they are depressed sounds ... insane. 116.49.33.125 (talk) 06:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Then again, might not depressed people sit aimlessly watching Pointless TV shows because they are bored, have a need to fill a gap in their lives or are attempting to overcome the feeling that modern life has no real meaning? Does not that make sense? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.153.121 (talk) 17:35, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

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)

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)

Copyright problem removed
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Update Photo
Can someone update the photo? The photo represents social media from 7 years ago. With the introduction of instragram and snapchat stories along with Snapmap, things have definitely changed.AI coolTIM (talk) 19:08, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

First sentence doesn't read properly
"Media psychology is the branch and specialty field in psychology that focuses on the interaction human behavior and media and technology." Is this missing an "of" somewhere? --1000Faces (talk) 03:17, 14 December 2020 (UTC)