The APA Comedy Jam, Washington, DC 2017 Convention; photo credit Debbie Joffe Ellis
President: Joanne Broder Sumerson; Editor: V. Krishna Kumar; Associate Editor: Kathryn Stamoulis; Consulting Editors: Frank Farley, Joseph Browne, Justin Karter (Student); Lauren Butler (Student); Production Editor: Keith Cooke
President’s Column: Thank You for the Amazing Year!
Joanne Broder Sumerson
President-Elect’s Column: Media and Health Literacy
June Wilson
Apps for patient-centered care, an exciting area of research
Past-President’s Column: Our Mediated World Warps a Life of Meaning
Mary Gregerson
Council Corner
Christopher Ferguson
From the Editor: Films and Societal Change
V. Krishna Kumar
Do films matter?
From the Associate Editor: A Shining Example of “Giving Psychology Away”
Kathryn Stamoulis
Mary Alvord’s new book
Articles From Our Award Winners
The Motivational Pull of Television Dramas
Paul Adachi
What is it about TV dramas that keep us coming back to watch the next episode?
The Unresponsive #Cyberbystander: Why Don’t We Help?
Kelly P. Dillon
When we see something, why don’t we say something?
Other Featured Articles
The Top 10 Ways To Use Humor as a Pedagogical Tool
Ronald Jay Cohen
Leave ‘Em Laughing (While Learning)
Institutional Reality Monitoring and the Problem of Fake News
Karen J. Mitchell
Fake News: Who’s Minding the store?
“Where My Boys At?” The Need to Examine How Portrayals of Men in Popular Music Impact Male Body Image and Self-Esteem
Chrysalis Wright, Francesca Dillman Carpentier, Lesley-Anny Ey, Cougar Hall, K. Megan Hopper, & Wayne Warburton
Men in popular music and male body image and self-esteem
United Airlines: A Case Study in Using Social Media to Raise Awareness and Facilitate Institutional Change
Brian E. Klinghorn
What has United Airlines taught us about the power of social media?
From Our Performance Critics
Performance Media: Notes on an Ancient Medium, Still Wondrous
Frank Farley & Lauren Butler
A Type-T medium for all the senses
From Our Film Critics
Clown Control
Frank Farley & Ayse N. Olgun
In which “stop clowning around” means something
Reflecting Cultural Youth Heroes and Lifestyles Worldwide circa 2017
Mary Gregerson
Review of “Wonder Woman” and “Baby Driver”
Committee Reports
2017 Washington, DC Convention Social Hour Photos
Index of Articles Published in Psychology of Popular Media Culture
The Amplifier Magazine 