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Media Psychology: The Psychology of Media Behavior

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Gary Goldberger

As Partner, Vice President and Director of Production at FableVision, Goldberger oversees the production and technology related to the creation and distribution of educational media into schools, museums, and broadcast markets. His film credits include The Dot (2003, Director), Ish (2004, Director) both co-productions with Weston Woods/Scholastic, He Was Me (2003, Executive Producer), as well as The Blue Shoe (1999, Director) and Living Forever (2002, Director), which have been honored in over 70 film festivals worldwide and have been broadcast nationally and internationally.

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Paul Reynolds

Paul Reynolds has built several successful multiple media companies that serve children and adults. After founding and running Cosmic Blender, an adult eLearning firm, for eighteen years, Reynolds founded FableVision in 1996 with his identical twin brother, Peter H. Reynolds. Reynolds provides creative strategy and branding development for the firm’s award-winning products and projects, which include web, CD-ROM, kiosk, broadcast, film, books, and classroom products.

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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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