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Is TV Teaching Kids to Value Fame Above All?
TIME: Is fame more important to tweens than it used to be? A new study suggests that young kids of this decade are vastly more familiar with and are more likely to value individualistic personality
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Children who watch violent or scary content on TV are more likely to have sleep issues
Washington Post: Children ages 3 to 5 who watched violent or scary content on television, or watched TV in the evening, are increasingly likely to have nightmares, trouble falling asleep or other sleep issues, a
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“The Young Ones” nominated for BAFTA
Harvard Gazette: “The Young Ones,” a BBC series filmed with Harvard Professor of Psychology Ellen Langer, which replicates her Counterclockwise study using British celebrities, has been nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television
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Psychological Research Inspires New Television Series ‘Lie to Me’
The truth is, we all lie. That’s a basic assumption of the new television series “Lie to Me,” which follows human lie detector Dr. Cal Lightman (played by Tim Roth) as he attempts to solve
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Science is the Story in ‘Lie to Me’
Robert Levenson (left), Paul Ekman and Josh Singer A bit of Hollywood came to the APS 21st Annual Convention. APS Past President Robert Levenson moderated a fascinating discussion of how science becomes television by APS
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Television Viewing and Aggression: Some Alternative Perspectives
The effect of media violence on behavior is not only an interesting psychological question but is also a relevant public policy and public health issue. Although many studies have been conducted examining the link between
