by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 14, 2020 | Award Winner
Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBAMedia Psychology Research Center & Fielding Graduate Universitypamelarutledge@gmail.com The world is waking up to what media psychologists have known all along: Media is about people. Media is the manifestation of human behavior, the...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 14, 2020 | Award Winner
Mary Karapetian Alvord, PhD Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC MAlvord@alvordbaker.com Dissemination of accurate mental health information is critical for the well-being of the public. Disseminating evidence-based information helps empower people to make informed...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 14, 2020 | Award Winner
Allycin Powell-Hicks, Ph.D. Independent Consultant allypowellhicks@gmail.com “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” The sentiment hangs heavy in the air, a...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 14, 2020 | Award Winner
Yemaya Halbrook, PhD Mary Immaculate College yemaya.halbrook@mic.ul.ie It is commonly believed that video games are unhealthy for individuals and for society. Even when discussing my research over the course of my PhD in psychology at the University of Limerick,...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 16, 2019 | Award Winner
Roger Klein, PhD University of Pittsburgh rklein@pitt.edu Can real news be fake? Of course. While most news stories are based upon real events, I use the term “fake” here to suggest that with a variety of production strategies, purposeful exaggerations, and other...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 16, 2019 | Award Winner
Frank Farley, PhD Temple University, Philadelphia frank.farley@temple.edu Youth are of course the inheritors, and future innovators, of our information technology. Given the influence of the internet across contemporary society, it was of interest to take a brief look...
