About this course

Learning Objectives

• Describe 5 basic mechanics used by interactive media to maintain engagement and relate them to problematic play.
• Apply psychological principles (such as attention, perception, and need for social relation) to conceptualize the impact of interactive media on human behavior, emotions, and cognition, and recognize how these may present in a clinical context and impact mental health.
• Analyze current research on the intersection of psychology and interactive media and identify gaps in the current literature to better understand the recommended clinical practices

Learning Levels

• Intermediate

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

• 

  Andreas Miles-Novelo, PhD

  Facilitator

  Andreas Miles-Novelo, PhD is a faculty in the Media Psychology program at Fielding Graduate University. His research focuses broadly on the external impacts on human behavior, including emerging technologies, media, and climate change. He graduated with his PhD in Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University.

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