This course consists of a summary of the course "Psychology and the New Media" given at the "University of Amsterdam". It contains a summary of each week, which includes both the lectures and the articles. The following articles are provided per week:
Week 1:
Giles (2019); Brewer (2011); Bartels & Herman (2019)
Week 2:
Heath (2011); Behm-Morawitz & Ortiz (2013); Scharrer (2013)
Week 3:
Nabi & Moyer-Guse (2013); Schrum (2012); Roozenbeek et al. (2018)
Week 4:
Malamuth (2013); Nguyen et al. (2012); Finkel et al. (2012); Rieger (2017)
Week 5:
Segovia & Bailenson (2013); Toma & Hancock (2013); Amichai-Hamburger & Hayat (2013); Acquisiti et al. (2015)
Week 6:
DeStefano & LeFevre (2007); Sparrow & Chatman (2013); Boyd & Crawford (2012); Adjerdid & Kelly (2018)
Week 7:
Wallace (2015a); Wallace (2015b); Klimmt & Brand (2017); Blumberg et al. (2013)
Media refers to any method of communication, other than one to one interactions, which is facilitated by some type of technology. There is a distinction between the content of the message and the means by which it is communicated although it is both important. According to McLuhan, the medium is an extension of the body. The medium has
........Read morePeople react in a similar way to the social and mediated environment. The media can provide models like the real world can (i.e. theory of social learning). There are four general principles through which the mediated environment functions in the social learning theory:
The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) states that there is a central and peripheral route to persuasion. Thoughtless processing refers to using associative processes. Thoughtful processing refers to using systematic and analytical processing. In the middle of this, there is peripheral processing, which makes use of heuristics. Attitude change based on central processing is more stable, enduring and predictive
........Read moreAs long as virtual reality resembles grounded reality, there is no reason to expect other forms of social interaction. The extent to which virtual social influence is comparable to grounded social influence depends on several factors:
People use Facebook to fulfil the need to belong (e.g. connectedness) and the need for self-presentation (e.g. socially desirable profiles). Passive Facebook users experience more loneliness than active Facebook users. Facebook can contribute to feelings of loneliness but this depends on how Facebook is used. Loneliness can decrease following Facebook use if connectedness increases. It can increase following
........Read moreIt is possible that television viewing is helpful in the development of basic vocabulary but less helpful in the development of abstract vocabulary. Traditional reading appears to be related to the capacity for reflection. Online reading appears to require a different skillset.
The internet is easily accessible (1), has large amounts of information (2) and has
........Read moreIt is possible that people are not addicted to the internet but to any of the following elements of the internet; availability (1), efficiency (2), reinforcement (3) and anonymity (4). Reinforcement is especially notable in gaming. Vertical gameplay includes continuous reinforcement and a game that continues without the presence of the gamer can lead to FOMO (i.e. fear
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