Essentials of Media Psycholgy Summary all Lectures
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Essentials of Media Psychology (EMP)
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
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Essentials of Media Psychology 2-9-2019
Lecture 1: Introduction
Overview:
Part 1: Course introduction
Part 2: What is media psychology?
Media psychology track:
- Master media psychology:
• P1: Essentials of Media Psychology.
• P1: Social Robotics or Free Choice.
• P2: Problematic Beneficial Effects of New Media Use.
• P2-3: Science for Impact.
• P4-6: Master Thesis + Statistics.
- Builds on courses in BA/PM:
• Interpersonal Communication.
• Media Entertainment.
• Individual Processing of Media.
• Risk and Health.
• Empirical research skills, experiments.
Who are you?
- Where do you come from?
- Previous studies?
- Hometown?
- Interest in Media Psychology?
- Expectations about Media Psychology?
In brief: Media and Psychology:
Interpretatie van bepaalde afbeeldingen: stippen kunnen voetballer worden.
Overview EMP: What do we do:
- Lectures:
• 13x Lectures (incl. response lecture).
- 4x WGs with Assignments.
• 4x Assignments, 40% grade.
- Exam.
• 1x Exam, 60% grade.
o Must pass exam to pass class
o Typically, 26/40 correct answers = 5,5.
Lectures:
- Detailed timetable on Canvas, Syllabus.
- Mondays:
• 11.00-12.45 in HG-14A33.
- Wednesdays:
• 9.00-10.45 in HG-14A33.
- Thursdays workgroups:
• #1: 9.00-10.45 in HG.11.B.06, WG-2 in Game Cella.
• #2: 11.00-12.45 in HG.11.B.06, WG-2 in Game Cella.
• #3: 13.30-15.15 in HG.11.B.06, WG-2 in Game Cella.
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, What will we talk about:
- Key topic areas.
• Their societal and scientific relevance.
- Existing perspectives, theories, and debates.
- Example articles (assigned readings and more).
- Key concepts.
- Methodological issues.
- Open questions.
• Uncertainty around evidence or theory.
• Unclear points.
• Future directions in studies and theories.
- Connections across the key topic areas.
Assignments:
- Media Diary.
• Track your media use for 5 days.
• Analysis in WG-1.
• Write 3-4 page paper.
- Psychophysiology – hands-on.
• Demonstrating psychophysiology measures and data analytical techniques.
• Measures during WG-2.
• Analyses in results report (1000 words).
- Emotions and Realism.
• Watch a film during WG-3.
• Discussion – input for research introduction.
• Write introduction to research paper (2 A4).
- Hypotheses (arguing toward testable hypothesis).
• Select topic, find papers (min. 6).
• Discuss in WG-4.
• Write theory section underlying hypothesis (1000 words).
Academic Integrity:
- Problems:
• Plagiarism.
• Resubmitting old work (self-plagiarism).
• Cheating, cherry-picking, brain-picking.
• Fabrication.
- Know the rules and give credit.
• https://www.vu.nl/en/about-vu-amsterdam/academic-integrity/index.aspx
• https://plagiarism.arts.cornell.edu/tutorial/index.cfm
• https://oaa.osu.edu/academic-integrity-and-misconduct/student-misconduct
• http://oaa.osu.edu/assets/files/documents/hownottoplagiarize.pdf
• http://www.ou.edu/integrity
• https://www.indiana.edu/~academy/firstPrinciples/overview/
Examination:
- Monday 21 October.
- Paper exam HG.12.A.00 and in HG.12.A.33.
- 12.00-14.45 hr.
- 40 items.
• 35x multiple choice.
• 5x open answer.
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