The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology

This second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology brings together leading experts in the field to update the rapidly evolving ways we interact with and are affected by media technologies. Returning contributors expand chapters on the history and progress of media literacy, research methods, parasocial experiences, and race and the media. New chapters tackle cutting-edge issues like artificial intelligence, research in media and social justice, the impact of deep-fakes and social media on conspiracy theories, the psychology of fandom, the self as reflected in avatars, the evolution of video games and virtual reality, and the psychological experience of the pandemic related to media use.