29/01/2025
New editorial! 🎉 Digital platforms and political polarization, environmental crises and media trust, smartphones and mental health: Research in media psychology addresses some of the most pressing societal issues and can give answers in complicated times like these.
In the first issue of 2025, the new editors of “Media Psychology” – Drew Cingel, Morgan Ellithorpe, Roselyn Lee-Won, & Stephan Winter – explain their goals for the journal as a scholarly forum: https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2024.2439747
1) We continue to prioritize a strong theory orientation and transparency in empirical research (e.g., with pre-registered reports).
2) We strive for more inclusivity in terms of research and author teams from diverse global regions and traditionally underrepresented institutions.
3) We aim to situate the journal as a leader in debates on the role of media in human behavior and society — including work on new and newsworthy media but also more general theoretical approaches that will outlast the current media Zeitgeist.
The editors thank the outgoing team, editorial board members, reviewers, and authors, whose collective efforts have shaped the journal into a vibrant hub for media psychology scholarship, and look forward to an inspiring and productive four-year term.
