Paul Adachi, PhD University of Rochester padachi@ur.rochester.edu Binge watching hit drama TV series seems to be a common practice these days. Americans spend over 30 hours a week watching TV and dramas are among the most popular genres (Nielsen, 2012, 2017). Although media psychologists have long been interested in why people watch TV, my colleagues…
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Kathryn Stamoulis, PhD Kestamoulis@hotmail.com Division 46’s Past-President Mary Alvord, PhD has spent much of her career living by our mission of “giving psychology away.” She has appeared on TV and in print countless times, sharing her psychological knowledge with the public in outlets like NPR and The Washington Post. She became involved in APA’s public…
Mary Gregerson, PhD mary.gregerson@aol.com This is my last Division 46 leadership column. For decades I have led or participated in Division 46 activities. For those tossing around thoughts of becoming involved in Division 46 leadership, here are highlights, including a summary of the multitude of Convention programs I have presented on behalf of Division 46—publications…
Kelly P. Dillon, PhD Department of Communication, Wittenberg University dillonk@wittenberg.edu @KellyPDillon We know from decades of anecdotes, observations, and scientific research that it is critical to make bystanders aware of emergencies occurring in their immediate environment. In the post-9/11 era, the phrase “see something, say something” captured the idea succinctly. But what about less obvious…
Frank Farley frank.farley@temple.edu Lauren Butler Lauren.butler@temple.edu Temple University One of the oldest media is the public performance, communicating physically and orally a range of ideas and emotions to a live physically present audience. We haven’t heard much about such performance media in the pages of the instant publication or the work of the Society of…
Ronald Jay Cohen, PhD, ABPP Gold Palms, Inc. rjcohenphd@hotmail.com What would an APA presentation be without humor? It would probably be like 99% of the meetings you see at any convention. Here, I am not just going to discuss humor, I am going to demonstrate it. So, let’s get right to it… Number 10: Present…
