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September 27, 2025

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Instagram, a Decade On: A Living Archive of Identity in Flux

August 26, 2025

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Selfie-Conscious: Social Media’s Association with Social Appearance Anxiety

April 5, 2022

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Let’s Go, Brandon: An Expression of Disappointment, Partisan Reporting, and Distrust in News Media

Cognition & Perception

Contemporary propaganda often succeeds by obsuring where information comes from.

Blurring the Source: Information Laundering and the Cognitive Architecture of Modern Propaganda

Engineering Belief: How Rhetorical Structure Activates Cognitive Bias in Propaganda and Disinformation

Descriptive captions and ideological beliefs as predictors of emotional response towards people in ambiguous photos

Collaborative Heroism

Collaborative Heroism in Social Media Initiatives

Thinking Like An Opponent: The Relation Between Empathy, Competition, and Enjoyment in Gaming

Study Of Consumer Attitudes Towards Psychopharmacological And Psychological Treatments For Mental Health Occurrences

Media & Technology Use

May 14, 2025

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Moved by Love: Kama Muta and Personal Growth in Peloton Users

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June 4, 2023

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Self-Determination in Media Gratifications Using Streaming Video-On-Demand Channels

February 15, 2012

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Examining the Role of Anticipation in Outcome Expectations and Enjoyment of Televised Sports Contests

November 27, 2011

17,056

Is the Internet Giving Rise to New Forms of Altruism?

June 22, 2008

71,735

Media Ethics: Coverage of Hurricane Katrina

Games & Immersive Experiences

May 26, 2019

3,862

The Impact of Moral Decision-Making on Hedonic and Eudaimonic Appreciation in Video Games

October 21, 2010

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Moral Choice in Video Games

August 20, 2008

36,311

Understanding Video Gaming’s Engagement

June 21, 2008

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Prosocial Video Game Effects

The Media Psychology Review

The Media Psychology Review is an academic online, open access journal published by the Media Psychology Research Center to promote media psychology as an interdisciplinary and vital field that bridges research with practice for social impact.

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Blurring the Source: Information Laundering and the Cognitive Architecture of Modern Propaganda
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Selfie-Conscious: Social Media’s Association with Social Appearance Anxiety
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Moved by Love: Kama Muta and Personal Growth in Peloton Users
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Self-Determination in Media Gratifications Using Streaming Video-On-Demand Channels
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Let’s Go, Brandon: An Expression of Disappointment, Partisan Reporting, and Distrust in News Media
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Descriptive captions and ideological beliefs as predictors of emotional response towards people in ambiguous photos
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Media Ethics: Coverage of Hurricane Katrina
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Moral Choice in Video Games
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Cognitive Psychology and the Small Screen
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What is Media Psychology? A Qualitative Analysis
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Music’s Influence on Risky Sexual Behaviors: Examining the Cultivation Theory
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The News Media and New Media: The Internet’s Effect on Civic Engagement
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Person Perception and Enjoyment of Video Game Competition
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Study Of Consumer Attitudes Towards Psychopharmacological And Psychological Treatments For Mental Health Occurrences
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Media and Popular Culture

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“Black Ish”: Disparagement Comedy and Consumer Attitudes toward African Americans

“Love me!” Examining the effect of music censorship on sexual priming and sexual cognitions

Popular Media Images of Yoga: Limiting Perceived Access to a Beneficial Practice

Modern Virtual Reality Technology: Cybersickness, Sense of Presence, and Gender

Press and Curl: An Examination of Ebony Magazine Covers to Understand the Cultural-Historical Trends of Black Women’s Hair

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Blurring the Source: Information Laundering and the Cognitive Architecture of Modern Propaganda

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The News Media and New Media: The Internet’s Effect on Civic Engagement

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Iraq: Mass Media & Military Policy

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Two Sides of the Same Immersion

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The Hero and the Internet: Exploring the Emergence of the Cyberhero Archetype

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The Public’s Understanding of Research and the Role of Mass Media

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Applying an Attitude Change Theory in an Eastern Setting

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Theory: The Intellectual Heritage of Redecision Therapy

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Cyber-kindness: Spreading kindness in cyberspace

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FilmRaise: How Social Innovation Impacts The Film Issue Space

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The Evolving Definition of Media Psychology

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Media Social Action Campaigns: A Theoretical Approach

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What is Media Psychology? A Qualitative Analysis

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Moral Choice in Video Games
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Understanding Video Gaming’s Engagement
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Prosocial Video Game Effects
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The Media Psychology Review

The Media Psychology Review is an academic online journal for Media Psychology published under the Media Psychology Research Center to promote media psychology as an interdisciplinary and emerging field that bridges research with practice.

Authors may submit manuscripts on topics of related to the psychology of media and technology use, impact, and design to editor@mprcenter.org. All articles will be peer-reviewed. There is no fee for publication.

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