How Fantasy Becomes Reality

Oscar nominee The Help tackles racism and sexism and views motherhood, daughterhood and friendship along the lines of authenticity. Read More

The Israeli tent demonstrations: Why are the networks and newspapers ignoring them? Read More

Should entertainment merchants make child protection decisions? The Supreme Court decides they should. Read More

How did you learn about Bin Laden's death? On Television, in the morning paper, or via Tweet or Facebook post? Read More

When a national tragedy like Tuscon strikes, we search for an explanation. Should we blame or exonerate the media? Read More

Working as a college professor for the first dozen years of my post-graduate school life, I was always around people. Teaching a full load of courses to college students every semester, I used to say, "I talk for a living." Then I would come home to my husband and children and more talking. Life was full of what I now call "Face-to-Face" or F2F communication. Read More

We've grown accustomed to the idea that people meet romantic partners with the help of dating websites and make career connections through sites like LinkedIn. That success has now moved into the area of friendship networking. We all have heard about the benefits of having a strong social support network, and women have always been particularly good at this. Read More

You might think a mom who is a media psychologist would have a set of flawlessly executed media rules for her family. I understand why you'd think that. If I learned you were a nutritionist, I would tend to expect that your kids are not often to be found passed out on the sofa, bellies distended, coke cans and chip bags strewn about them. Read More

From a Snow White princess to the first Black princess - Disney makes a positive move this Christmas season Read More

When it comes to media, we can tell a story different ways. Whether it is with imagery, with narrative, with specific phrases, like calling Henry Louis Gates an elitist or a victim of racial profiling, we are telling a story. The stories we digest through the media make a difference in how we feel and how we think about and act towards others. Unfortunately, the people who deliver media messages are well versed in these ideas, while the American public largely is not. That makes the average citizen vulnerable to the agenda of those who write and produce media. Read More