Category Archives: Media Effects

Is Color-Blindness Possible? Racial & Experiential Effects on the Neural Substrates for Motor Empathy (PSYC 555; Fall 2008)

Posted on December 3, 2016 by

I received some tragic news this morning. Bosco Tjan, one of my former USC Psychology Professors, was killed by a student in the Psychology building on campus yesterday afternoon. I am stunned, shocked, and missing my Trojan family. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-usc-professor-killed-bosco-tjan-20161203-story.html As … Continue reading →

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Black Women in Media @ BRIC Arts House Dec 2015

Posted on December 8, 2015 by
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Psychology of Selfies: A TEDxSyracuseUniversity Talk

Posted on May 18, 2015 by

My TEDx talk on the Psychology of Selfies has been posted! Check it out, share it with your friends. Tag your own #healthieselfie! Check out more selfie psychology with the teaser posts leading up to the talk… #TBTSelfie Part 1: My Earliest … Continue reading →

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Fight Brainwashing; A Lesson for Media Communicators with Thomas Burrell

Posted on November 5, 2014 by

Founder of Burrell Communications, one of the largest multi-cultural marketing firms in the world, and author of Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of the Black Inferiority Complex, joins COM346 to talk about his book and the current state of American Media.

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Reducing shame in a game that predicts HIV risk reduction for young adult MSM (JIAS)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by

Christensen, J.L., Miller, L.C., Appleby, P.R., Corsbie-Massay, C., Godoy, C.G., Marsella, S.C., & Read, S.J. (2013) Reducing shame in a game that predicts HIV risk reduction for young adult MSM. Journal of International AIDS Society, 16 S2. Read the entire … Continue reading →

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Psychology of Interactive Media (PSYC 556)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Here is the description for my first independently designed course to be taught through the Masters in Applied Psychology in USC’s Department of Psychology. I’m excited!! This course focuses on how interactive media marketing has provided new opportunities for maintaining … Continue reading →

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Do you love me? Learning about relationships from TV

Posted on March 27, 2009 by

“Television has come to dominate the hours in our day, the organization of our living rooms, the topics of our conversations, our conceptions of pleasure, the things to which we look forward, the way we amuse our children, and the … Continue reading →

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