by 553866pwpadmin | Jul 3, 2026 | Book Review, Spring/Summer 2026, Uncategorized
Review of Understanding Parasocial Relationships In the crowded landscape of media psychology, parasocial relationships continue to command the spotlight. Scholars have spent decades researching how audiences form meaningful connections with celebrities, fictional...
by 553866pwpadmin | Jun 24, 2025 | Book Review
Tieranni Parquet, MHS, LPCFielding Graduate Universitytparquet@fielding.edu Woods, K. M. (2024). Black film through a psychodynamic lens. Routledge. In Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens, Dr. Katherine Marshall Woods offers a dynamic examination of Black...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 16, 2024 | Book Review
Exploring the latest text by David C. Giles & Gayle S. Stever Jay Grant, PhD A review of Giles, D. C., & Stever, G. S. (2024). Parasocial experiences: Psychological theory and application. Oxford University Press. 280 pp. ISBN 9780197647646 Order online...
by 553866pwpadmin | Jun 3, 2024 | Book Review
Dr. Linda Sapadinlindasapadin@gmail.com A review of Wedding, D. (2024). Movies and Mental Illness. Hogrefe. 514 pp. ISBN 9781616765538. $68.00 (pbk). When presenting the nominees for best film at the Royal Festival Hall in London, actor Michael J. Fox described cinema...
by 553866pwpadmin | Jun 15, 2023 | Book Review
V. Krishna Kumar, PhDKkumar@wcupa.edu A review of Kissinger, H. A., Schmidt, E., & Huttenlocher, D. (With Schouten, S., [2021]). The Age of AI and our human future. Little Brown and Company. 254 pp., $30 When I saw this book at Barnes and Noble on sale for a 50%...
by 553866pwpadmin | Jun 14, 2022 | Book Review
A Summary of Highlights from the October 29-30, 2021 Council Meeting Danny Wedding, PhDDanny.Wedding@gmail.com The APA Council of Representatives October 2021 meeting marked a historic moment for the association and field of psychology when the Council passed...