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, Member News, Uncategorized
From The Society at Large: Member News Student Welcome Event Hosted by the Division 46 Student Committee The student committee of Div. 46 is hosting a Student Welcome Event on January 20 from 5:00-6:30pm CT. We are holding this Zoom event to welcome all new and...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Fall/Winter 2025, Featured Article, Uncategorized
Featured Article The Current State of Parasocial Theory Recent years have seen a number of publications that focus on parasocial theory. Indeed, parasocial was one of the finalists for Oxford’s “word of the year” in 2023. [Editor’s note: Parasocial was selected by...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Fall/Winter 2025, Featured Article, Popular Media Culture, Uncategorized
Featured Article The Media Psychology of Brain-Computer Interface: A Call to Action Media psychology sits at the intersection of technology, identity, and communication. Brain-computer interface (BCI) is redefining human-robot communication. BCI now uses “black box”...
by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Fall/Winter 2025, From the Editor, Uncategorized
Editor’s Column Parasocial, Rage Bait, 6-7, and Slop: Reflecting on the 2025 Words of the Year Each year, several dictionaries select a “Word of the Year,” meant to capture the zeitgeist and define a cultural trend of the past 12 months. Interestingly, though...
