Defining and Describing Media Psychology

purpose in 2012 is to offer an updated description and definition of Media Psychology that has evolved during the decade since these articles were published and in the fifteen years that has passed since the milestone APA Media Psychology Division (46) Task Force Study defining media psychology and new technologies was released. In 2012, the Media Psychology Division (46) of the American Psychological Association became The APA Society for Media Psychology and Technology. As the society’s president-elect, I have had the opportunity to engage with many APA psychologists, a variety of practitioners in various fields, researchers, leaders in industry, education and lay individuals, all of whom are interested and working in areas of media and behavior. I discovered that media psychology, while still not well understood widely, has become clearly defined and much of what has been learned in the recent decade has become conventional wisdom. In today’s world, Media psychology is a force in social media, telehealth and teletherapy, online education; in and out of the classroom and virtual classroom, in entertainment consulting, traditional media interviews, in providing on camera expertise, virtual and augmented reality therapies, consumer products, brand development, marketing, advertising, product placement and gam