Part I. Introduction and overview : Introduction / Karen E. Dill
Part II. History and methods : Storytelling and media: narrative models from Aristotle to augmented reality / Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Jason Ohler
Arguing for media psychology as a distinct field / Pamela Brown Rutledge
Media psychology and its history / $r Regina M. Tuma
Inside media psychology: the story of an emerging discipline as told by a leading journal / Ellen Baker Derwin and Janet de Merode
Media literacy: history, progress, and future hopes / Edward T. Arke
Research methods, design, and statistics in media psychology / Sara Prot and Craig A. Anderson
Qualitative research and media psychology / Donald E. Polkinghorne
Part III. Issues and media types : Why it is hard to believe that media violence causes aggression / L. Rowell Huesmann, Eric F. Dubow, and Grace Yang
Children's media use: a positive psychology approach / Erik M. Gregory
the role of emotion in media use and effects / Elly A. Konijn
Media violence, desensitization, and psychological engagement / Jeanne Funk Brockmyer
Sexual media practice: how adolescents select, engage with, and are affected by sexual media / Autumn Shafer, Piotr Bobkowski, and Jane D. Brown
Race, ethnicity, and the media / Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and Michelle Ortiz
Representations of gender in the media / Erica L. Scharrer
The psychology underlying media-based persuasion / Robin L. Nabi and Emily Moyer-Gusé
Part IV. Interactive and emerging technologies : Social influence in virtual environments / Jim Blascovich and Cade McCall
Active video games: impacts and research / Barbara Chamberlin and Ann Maloney
Serious games: what are they? What do they do? Why should we play them? / Fran C. Blumberg, Debby E. Almonte, Jared S. Anthony, and Naoko Hashimoto
Violent video games and agression / Barbara Krahé
Children, adolescents, and the Internet: are there risks online? / Ed Donnerstein
Pathological technology addictions: what is scientifically known and what remains to be learned / Douglas A. Gentile, Sarah M. Coyne, and Francesco Bricolo
Video Games and Attention / Robert West and Kira Bailey
Part V. Meta issues in media psychology : A general framework for media psychology scholarship / W. James Potter
Engaging with stories and characters: learning, persuasion, and transportation into narrative worlds / Melanie C. Green and Karen E. Dill
The political narrative of children's media research / Jeff J. McIntyre
Media psychophysiology: the brain and beyond / Bruce D. Bartholow and Paul Bolls
The Japanese approach to research on psychological effects of media use / Akira Sakamoto
Part VI. Conclusions and future directions : Media content analysis: qualitative methods / Michael R. Neal
Media psychology: past, present, and future / Karen E. Dill.