President’s Column: The Quest for Truth amid the Perils and Pitfalls of Political Disinformation

by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2023 | Officers

Susan J. Eddington, APR, PhDseddington@email.fielding.edu Campaigning for the 2024 elections is in full swing. It has been projected that the 2023-2024 election cycle will be the most expensive in history, with political expenditures expected to reach $10.2 billion,...

The Future of Media Psychology and Artificial Intelligence

by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2023 | Featured Article

Bernard Luskin, Ed.D., MFTbernieluskin@gmail.com In 1998, Lilly Friedland and I conducted an APA Media Psychology Division 46 task force study that has been central in establishing and expanding the scope, challenge and opportunity in media psychology. More than...

Child Psychologist: Into the Universe of Risk-Glorifying Media

by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2023 | Featured Article

Casie Morgan, MAUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham chmorgan@uab.edu My graduate training in clinical psychology began in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Youth Safety Lab, where we studied and developed interventions to prevent youth unintentional injury – one...

From The Editor: A Look Inside the Fall/Winter 2023 Issue of The Amplifier Magazine

by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2023 | From the Editor

Kathryn Stamoulis, PhDkestamoulis@hotmail.com Please enjoy the Fall/Winter 2023 issue of The Amplifier Magazine. In its pages, we hear from our Executive Board, Media Psychology Greats and new student voices. I sincerely thank everyone who contributed their time and...

President-Elect’s Column: Music and Technology—Looking Back and Looking Forward

by 553866pwpadmin | Dec 15, 2023 | Officers

Grant J. Rich, PhDoptimalex@aol.com Ethnomusicologists tell us music is ubiquitous across time and place; the archaeological record for instance shows a rich tradition across many continents, from ancient flutes to bullroarers (Blacking, 1974; Nettl, 2015). With the...