by 553866pwpadmin | Jul 3, 2026 | Officers, Spring/Summer 2026, Uncategorized
President-Elect’s Column From Facilitator to Participant: Our Evolving Relationship with Media and Technology It is the early 1980s. Think Stranger Things (Duffer et al., 2016-2025). My family just finished dinner and my dad and I are sitting next to each other...
by 553866pwpadmin | Jul 3, 2026 | Officers, Spring/Summer 2026, Uncategorized
Past President’s Column Before the House Is Built: Psychology’s Narrowing Window in the Age of AI Photo by Andy Quezada from Unsplash. There is an old discipline among carpenters: measure twice, cut once. For the better part of two decades, our field has...
by 553866pwpadmin | Jul 3, 2026 | Officers, Spring/Summer 2026, Uncategorized
President’s Column What the Media Does to the Mind—And What Psychology Must Do About It Imagine two people receive the same news alert. The first reads the headline, forms an opinion, and shares it within seconds. The second pauses—questions the source,...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Fall/Winter 2025, Officers, Uncategorized
President-Elect’s Column Leadership, Legacy, and the Algorithm: How Media and Perception Shape Who Gets to Lead In higher education, a persistent paradox continues: interim presidents are often trusted to guide institutions through moments of instability and...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Award Winner, Fall/Winter 2025, Member News, Officers, Uncategorized
Past President’s Column Division 46 Awardees Among the duties of Past President, I had the distinct pleasure of chairing the Awards Committee, which included Kristian A. Alomá, myself, and Lawrence Drake. It is an honor to announce those who were recognized by...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Fall/Winter 2025, Officers
President’s Column A Year of Stewardship, Momentum, and Collective Storytelling As I write this final message in my last issue of The Amplifier as President of Division 46—the Society for Media Psychology and Technology—I am struck by just how much this...
