Handbook of Media Psychology

Preface.-Media psychology and technology: An overview.-A brief history of media psychology (1.0).-Major theories and constructs in media psychology.- Social media and the developing brain.- Political advertising, persuasion, propaganda, and fake news.- Foundations in media psychology: Course and curriculum.- Banned books: Past, present, and future .- Ways that audience members respond to media: A framework for studying audience effects.- The impact of online pornography consumption on youth.- Gender and media.- Psychology and popular film.- Aggression and popular media: From violence in entertainment media to news coverage of violence.- How recognized addiction models and our relationships with digital media intersect.- Apps and Care: Clinical and Societal Applications of Media.- Settling the Score: Virtual Reality as a Tool to Enhance Trauma-Focused Therapy for PTSD.- Ethical issues in media psychology.- The impact of misinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news duringthe COVID-19 pandemic: What artificial intelligence can contribute to detect and mitigate their proliferation .- Complex dynamics of cancel culture in the media.- Media and psychological science.

Grant J. Rich, (Ph.D., Psychology, University of Chicago) is the current (2024) President of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Society for Media Psychology and Technology (Division 46). Dr. Rich is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, APA, and five of APA's divisions including D46. Dr. Rich has extensive experience in managing organizations and projects. He served APA's Society of the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division (D48) successfully for three years as its APA Convention Program Chair, and, for four years, as Editor of International Psychology's (D52) substantial quarterly International Psychology Bulletin, receiving its President's Award for Extraordinary Service. Among other honors, he received the Academic Service Award from the American University of Phnom Penh and twice was a NEH Fellow. Dr. Rich has published over 110 peer-reviewed journal articles/book chapters/entries in leading journals including American Psychologist, Journal of Positive Psychology, Humanistic Psychologist, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, and Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. He is the senior editor of nine academic books, including Pathfinders in International Psychology (2015) Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology (2017), Human Strengths and Resilience (2018), Teaching Psychology Around the World, Volume 4 (2018), and 5 (2020), Psychology in Southeast Asia (2020), Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean (2022), and Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants: Coming to the USA (2023). Dr. Rich is a leader in online and global education, serving as Senior Contributing Faculty at Walden University, where he has worked since 2013. His publications include several books/articles focused on diversifying psychology education (e.g., via online education/media/MOOCs), articles on attitudes towards media celebrities, and articles/chapters on creativity, particularly concerning