The Media Psychology Research Center
The Media Psychology Research Center (MPRC) is a nonprofit dedicated to media research, assessment, and education.
We examine how people consume, produce and distribute information across all media technologies and seek to understand the impact on both individuals and society.
The mission of MPRC is to examine the interaction of media with human experience in every aspect of life for the purpose of promoting public understanding and positive media development and use. We believe that media can serve as a force for positive social change. Our goal is to foster human potential for all ages using media and technologies. MPRC is committed to bringing researchers together with designers, developers, and distributors of all forms of current and proposed media content and platforms.
Media Psychology is one of the most exciting and innovative branches of Psychology to emerge in the 21st century. It is an applied and research branch of psychology and part of a larger international and interdisciplinary trend in understanding the impact media have on individuals and groups.
Communication technology and media content are the fastest growing technological market with implications for all academic and professional fields interested in media’s ability to influence and inform.
What is Media Psychology?

Media Psychology is a new and emerging field, so the early entrants have the excitement and burden of defining the path. What is media psychology? It’s a field with no consensus definition, no clearly-defined career paths, and no easy answers. … [Read More...]
MPRC Goals
- Encourage needed outcome research in the field of media psychology & education – including the psychological impact of media & interactive technologies in the domain of learning, healthcare and general well-being
- Incubate new ideas, products, solution services for learning, personal growth, well-being and positive social change
- Support partners in testing products, services, and programming for optimal development through cycled research and real-time feedback
- Increase the opportunity for the publication of research articles in this field
- Provide opportunities and an infrastructure through which international graduate students can complete practical work
- Bridge the gap between rigorous research and practice – specializing in “live applications” that allow rapid updates based on real-time research and actual practice
Recent Projects
Game Assessment
Development and product testing phase. Digital game assessment and content recommendations for reading instruction interactive software.The Use of Humor in Creating Hope and Resiliency
Development of testing protocol: The use of humor exercises and improvisational theater training to build positive emotions and emotional strength
The Influence of Media on the Predisposition to Conflict
Research project analyzing the impact of information sources on people's beliefs about themselves, the world, and other nations. Focusing on information flows before and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this study examines the impact of information sources on opinions that predispose individuals and groups toward conflict with others.
Bringing Ideas to Market
The MPR is is an active participant in educational media, story-telling and technology with the goal of better understanding the positive nature of these powerful tools. MPRC researches, field-tests and create media, products, curricula and programs that are designed to benefit learners across of all ages. We are working to make our Research Center a hands-on, long-term partner with other world-class organizations.


Questions? Feel free to contact us. We are happy to share our knowledge and collaborate and potential media research projects.