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MediaPsychMEP
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Media Psychology is an academic journal that publishes theoretically oriented, empirical research about media uses, processes, and effects.

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmep20/current
📢 New publication alert! How does coping dispositions (vigilance and cognitive avoidance) affect preferences for fictional versus non-fictional information about climate change?
August 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📢 New publication alert! Can a digital training program effectively improve media sign literacy in 4- to 5-year-old preschool children?
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📢 New publication alert! How does the food eaten while consuming media relate to engagement with characters?
July 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📢 New publication alert! What are the cognitive effects of political microtargeting?
July 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
📢 New publication alert! Can personal narratives help destigmatize mental illness?
June 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
📢 New publication alert! Digital Sexual Communication Among Adolescents: Links with Sociosexual Health Outcomes and Psychosocial Distress
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📢 New publication alert! How prevalent is sexualized content on social media and who is most likely to post it?
May 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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This one was a journey. Jobs changed, roles changed, zip codes changed, babies were born, but the meta-analysis kept going. Grateful to the brilliant team (most not on Sky) who made it happen. @stewartcoles.bsky.social
@rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
@nibasaleem.bsky.social and colleagues’ meta-analysis reveals that negative media depictions of ethnic minorities lead to unfavorable evaluations of these groups, while positive portrayals produce the opposite effect.
May 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
📢 New publication alert! How do media portrayals of minority groups affect outgroup evaluations?
May 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
📢 New article! What happens when a message gets deleted before you can read it? 🧐📱
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📢New publication alert! Does multi-screening enhance entertainment or just add distraction? 📱📺
April 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Very excited to start with Morgan Ellithorpe @morganellithorpe.bsky.social, Roselyn Lee-Won and Drew Cingel as new Editors of "Media Psychology".
In the first issue, we explain our goals for the journal. 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Strong Foundations and Forward-Thinking in Turbulent Times: A Note from Our Incoming Editors
Published in Media Psychology (Vol. 28, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🎉 MEP goes Bluesky!

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April 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM