President: V. Krishna Kumar; Co-Editors: Kathryn Stamoulis & V. Krishna Kumar; Consulting Editors: Frank Farley, Joseph Browne, Joanne Broder, Mona Sarshar, Lauren Butler (Student), Victoria Ramsperger (Student); Production Editor: Keith Cooke

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President’s Column: 2020 What a Year!
V. Krishna Kumar 

President-Elect’s Column: How Not to Flame Up and Flame Out on Social Media
Christopher J. Ferguson
Social media can be fun, but only if we stay chill 

Past-President’s Column: The pain of 2020: How Did We Get Here?
Kathryn Stamoulis
Netflix’s The Social Dilemma says big tech is to blame

Council Corner: Summary of August 5 & 6, 2020 Council Meeting
Danny Wedding

Student Committee Column
Stephanie Miodus & Stephanie Joseph

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Featured Articles From Our Award Winners

Increasing Access to Mental Health Services for Children
Mary Alvord
Fostering resilience in  underserved children 

Media Psychology in Action: Personal Reflections
Pamela Rutledge
Media Psychology provides critical tools for a connected world

Promoting Mental Wellness Through Media
Mary Alvord
Psychological Associations and giving psychology away

Pick a Side!
Allycin Powell-Hicks
Sitting in silence is complicit

Press Start to Play: The Relationship Between Video Games and Well-Being
Yemaya Halbrook
Positive Effects of Video Games on Well-Being

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Other Featured Articles

The Mandela Effect & Scientific Denialism
Alexis S. Torres & Gene A. Brewer
Formation of collective false memories in a digital world

The Neurotechnology of Media Psychology Explained
Bernard Luskin
Neurotechnology connects the brain with the neuropsychology of the mind

The Black Lives Matter Movement and Children’s Television
Sara Brown
How are children’s television entities reacting and should they be doing more for the BLM Movement? 

Supporting Writing Faculty through Digital Transition: An Ecological Model
Michelle Blake, Shannon Mrkich, Thomas Pantazes
Getting faculty to embrace technology to improve writing 

Anti-Racist and Social Justice-Oriented Apps: Clickology for the Greater Good
Stephanie Joseph, Stephanie Miodus, Frank Farley
Apposite provisions for media and hopeful social justice

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From Our Film Critic

Enhanced Interrogation or Torture?
Linda Sapadin
A Review of the Movie The (Torture) Report!

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From Our Book Critic

Are You a Late Lateef? Beating the Habit of Just Trying to Meet the Drop-Dead Deadline!
V. Krishna Kumar
Discover your “But(s)” to move your “Butt”—A review of Overcoming your procrastination. Advice for 6 personality styles!

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Index of Articles published in Psychology of Popular Media (2020, vol. 3&4)