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Media Psychology: The Psychology of Media Behavior

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Dr. Jerri Lynn Hogg

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Dr. Jerri Lynn Hogg, Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Jerri Lynn Hogg is a media psychologist, researcher, global speaker on artificial intelligence, award-winning educator, and published author. As the 2015 President of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Media Psychology and Technology, the past director of the Media Psychology program at Fielding Graduate University, co-creator of certificates in Brand Psychology, Audience Engagement, and Positive Media, and Sofia University’s Innovation and Technology Thought Leader, she works with companies, leaders, parents, and students to understand how media and technology influence their lives and how to develop best use strategies. She integrates her passion for artificial intelligence, technology, telehealth, and digital environments with research to advance the positive use of media and technologies.

Jerri Lynn is a coveted industry speaker and, with over 100 scholarly presentations on media psychology, co-author of the Top Read Psychology Article for 2022, is a pioneer in Media Psychology. She has worked with the U.S. DOD Global Operations on anti-terrorism, using narrative psychology to degrade terrorist messaging and DARPA on cognitive defense to understand and combat human vulnerabilities exploited by misinformation.

She is a Women in Technology International Artificial Intelligence Think Tank member and chairs the American Psychological Association’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Find her at:  www.jerrilynnhogg.com.

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The Media Psychology Research Center (MPRC) is an independent organization dedicated to psychological science as the foundatio of media and technology research, assessment, and education.Our mission is to promote the positive development and use of media and technology.

RESEARCH TO PRACTICE

Ubiquitous technology means we need a better understanding of:

- Digital and Transmedia Storytelling and constructing and sharing additive narratives across media channels
-Participatory and collaborative media
On-demand information access
-The use of technology to promote positive experiences through cognitive and emotional engagement: positive mood inducement, sense of self-efficacy, social connectedness
-Immersive Environments and new arenas for expression and social modeling of new attitudes, skills, social roles, and personal identity
-Human relationships mediated by technology
-Tools and environments for learning across the lifespan
-Psychological, perceptual and cognitive aspects of using technology and understanding usability

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