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📢 New online first article! Is narrative engagement really a single experience? This meta-analysis synthesizes 52 studies (N = 12,705) using the Narrative Engagement Scale (NES) to examine the structure and psychological functions of narrative engagement.

📢 New online first article! Why do studies on evening mobile media use and sleep often report different findings?

📣 Media Psychology, Volume 29, Issue 4 (2026) is now live! From avatars in virtual mirrors to climate fiction, grief support, and political expression online – this issue spans a wide range of current questions in media psychology.

🧐📄 New Research Alert! Can virtual influencers apologize their way out of a scandal? Kim, Lee, Wu, Jang, Kwon, Song, Lee, Park & Lee examined how moral responsibility and trust dynamics differ between virtual and human influencers during endorsement scandals.

🔍 New Research Alert! Why does misinformation stick around even after it's been corrected? 🤔

📣 Exciting news for Media Psychology! We are thrilled to welcome Nuri Kim as our new co-editor!

📢 New publication alert! Do different types of political conflict affect how voters evaluate parties and trust politicians?

📢 New publication alert! How does YouTube use affect young children's social skills?

🧐📄New Research Alert! How do media portrayals of racial and ethnic minorities shape our attitudes? A meta-analysis by Muniba Saleem, Ian Hawkins, Stephen A. Rains, Dana Mastro, and Stewart Coles synthesized 60 studies on the effects of positive and negative media depictions on outgroup evaluations.

📷 Media Psychology, Volume 29, Issue 2 (2026) is now live! 🧵👇

📢 Media Psychology, Volume 29, Issue 1 (2026) is now live! We’re excited to kick off 2026 with the first issue of Media Psychology, featuring new research on media effects, persuasion, digital communication, child development, and technology use.

👶📱 New Research Alert! Does early childhood media use shape later cognitive development? A longitudinal study by Meryem Şeyda Özcan, Yea-Ji Hong, and Koeun Choi examined how early media use predicts later problematic media use and executive function difficulties in children.

📊 New Research Alert! Looking for a faster way to measure parasocial relationships in your research? 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521... #mediapsychology #parasocial #measurement #researchmethods #scales #mediaeffects

🎉 Media Psychology, Volume 28, Issue 6 is now live! We’re excited to share the final issue of Media Psychology for 2025, featuring six new research articles exploring influencer credibility, political polarization, online communication, self-presentation, and children’s media design.