The Pillory, the Stock, and Cancel Culture
I was quoted in this article: Dr. Christine Marie is a media psychologist and consultant who is lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to recognize media humiliation as a potential precursor of post-traumatic stress disorder. “The mental health impact on a person who goes through a cancelation is beyond what I believe the people who are doing the canceling can even fathom,” she says. Modern neuroscience is revealing that humiliation, social exclusion, and PTSD can each, independently, ...
Resources for Trauma-Informed Media
Online abuse Quick reference guide to trauma-informed interviewing Tips for identity-related trauma stories (age, disability and gender identity) HONEST TRUTHS: Documentary filmmakers on ethical challenges in their work Reporting on suicide Victim-blaming and shaming Telling stories of Afghan refugees
The Socio-Psychomedia Effect
Media, technology, communication, art, and science are intersecting in powerful new ways that are saturating our society and transforming our world. Bernard Luskin (2017) calls media psychology “a specialty whose time is now.” In 1998, he described the “socio-psychomedia effect” as a neologism combining sociology, psychology, and media (pictures, graphics, and sound). Media psychology and media studies are different fields, however they both require an understanding of “the physical and emotional…
Intro to Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology Traditional psychology is the study of mental illness. Positive Psychology, however, is the study of mental wellness. The focus of Positive Psychology is to study what people do right, what factors contribute to happiness, what makes individuals and communities flourish. Four of the major aims of Positive Psychology: To be able to life’s challenges with resilience To have meaningful relationships with other people To find fulfillment in creativity and productivity And ...
Archetypes & Branding
A brand story emerges from the visuals, sounds, facts, messages, values, personality and relationships that encompass it. If you try be everything to everyone, no one will remember you. BE WHO YOU ARE. STRONGLY. The purpose of the brand story is not to describe the products or services. That’s advertising. The purpose of the brand story is to inspire an emotional reaction so that people will remember you and take action. Our brand strategy ...
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