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five key attributes distinguishing media

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  • fidelity: how much it resembles to reality
  • privacy: how much anonymity
  • channel: audio, visual
  • interactivity (TV vs. facebook)
  • content (how the channel interacts with the content)
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definition media psychology

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media psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, thoughts, and feelings experienced in the context of media use and creation

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LC4MP is based on three stages of information processing

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  • encoding: selecting information
  • storage: creating long term representation
  • retrieval: memory
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cognitive capacity

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the total amount of information the brain is capable of taking at a given moment

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learning

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a relatively permanent change in the system due to information processing

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media selection

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a goal-oriented decision process through which people select from or avoid certain media or content

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different stages of adoption

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  • knowledge: je hoort het voor het eerst
  • persuasion: je komt er mee in aanraking
  • decision: je koopt het
  • implementation: gebruik in dagelijkse leven
  • confirmation: overtuiging van goede aankoop
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different stages of domestication

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  • appropriation: motivatie om te kopen
  • objectification: wat betekent product voor mij
  • incorporation: interactie met product
  • conversion: product wordt gebruikt voor bedachte doel
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cognitive dissonance

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inconsistency between behavior and attitudes leads to cognitive dissonance

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confirmation bias

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The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values

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two core hypotheses of MMT

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  • valence hypothesis: people strive for positive mood
  • arousal hypothesis: people strive for arousal-balance
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content moderators in MMT

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  • hedonic valence
  • semantic affinity (nothing should remind of the original bad mood)
  • absorption potential (capability to block previous mood)
  • excitatory potential (dynamics, erotic content)
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four steps of planned media use

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  • intention
  • implementation intention
  • monitoring and shielding of action plan
  • investment of effort
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depletion

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lack of motivation and resources to execute self-control

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recognition heuristic

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take the recognized alternative, when all alternatives are seen

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fluency heuristic

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take the more quickly recognized alternative

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take-the-best

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compare the aspects and stop once an aspect is found that differs between the two, take the alternative with favorable aspect

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media habit

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form of automaticity in media consumption that develops as people repeat media consumption behavior in stable circumstances

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three ways of measuring emotions

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  • behavior
  • physiology
  • feeling
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emotion

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a (sub) conscious evaluative response to some event. A powerful and clear unified feeling state, such as anger or joy, guilt, shame

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mood

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a feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event

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affect

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a quick (automatic) response that something is good or bad, liked or disliked

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emotional depictions in the media have 4 potential functions

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  1. socialization of emotional responses
  2. cope with negative emotions
  3. benefits of more positive mental states
  4. formation of more cohesive social relationships
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phenomenological truth

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if i feel, it must be real

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perceived media realism

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the way media content is perceived by the audience to relate to the real world

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two conceptualizations in perceived realism

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  • factuality: accurate portrayal of the real world
  • real-world similarity: can be found in the real world
27
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corrugator

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frowning muscle

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zygomatic

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smiling muscle

29
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fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging

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brain imaging based on strong magnetic fields to generate images of internal organs and structures

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EEG: electro-encephalogram

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brain imaging based on electrical activity of neurons at the brain’s surface

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cardiovascular activity

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by measuring the heart rate and blood pressure we can see the mental resources allocated to information processing

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electromyography

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facial muscle activity

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EDA: electrodermal activity

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measures changes in electrical conductance of the skin related to autonomic activation (sweating)

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neuro-chemical activity

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measures the level and fluctuations of hormones and neurotransmitters associated with mental activity

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aggressive behavior

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behavior aimed at causing harm or pain, psychological harm or personal injury or physical destruction

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desensitization

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a reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity to violence

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comorbidity

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what other disorders tend to co-occur with a given disorder

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forms of maladaptive coping

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  • denial: refusing to believe it has happened
  • substance use: using alcohol to feel better
  • behavioral disengagement: giving up trying to deal with it
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morality

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beliefs about the rightness or wrongness of behavior and actions

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health

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a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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three basic human needs according to the self-determination theory

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  • autonomy: control
  • competence: challenge and feelings of mastery
  • relatedness: maintaining close and meaningful relationships
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hedonic motivations

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enjoyment, amusement, fun thrill

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eudaimonic motivations

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appreciation, deeper meaning, being moved, inspired, sensing beauty

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flow

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state of profound task-absorption, cognitive efficiency, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes a person feel one with the activity in which s/he is involved