Psychology · Boston College
Media Psychology is the study of mediated communication, or acts of social information transmission that occur with the help of technology. This class will examine how majortheories of Social Psychology (dehumanization, social identity, attributional biases, group polarization, etc.) explain and contextualize online communication. During this class, students will read and discuss articles about major topics in mediated communication (media) and social/cognitive psychology. Information will be presented in lecture and seminar-discussion formats, and will occur through active debate about rel
