MP 110 - Media Psychology

Credits: 4
An interdisciplinary first-year seminar introducing students to the application of psychological science to analyze media design, production, and consumption, as well as the complex relationship between the individual and the media they create and consume. The course applies principles of learning, motivation, persuasion, attention and cognition, and personal and social identity to analyze the use and psychological impact of emerging technologies. We explore human motivation (e.g., What makes us click?), life in an attention economy, technological design, fundamentals of media literacy, and ways of seeing and being in virtual spaces.

Course Restrictions: Media Psychology majors only
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