Jerri Lynn Hogg, PhD 
Program Director - Media Psychology | Fielding Graduate University
Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES
Passionate leader of media psychology and technology for good
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Jerri Lynn Hogg is a media psychologist. She is the 2015 president for the American Psychological Associations’ Society for Media Psychology and Technology, and co-author of Mad Men Unzipped: Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV.
Passionate about social media, technology, and digital environments, Dr. Hogg researches and consults on how we communicate, connect, and find balance in changing environments. As a psychologist, she applies theory, practice, and research to humanizing the technological landscape and digital experience.
Dr. Hogg is the Director of Fielding Graduate University’s Media Psychology program. She consults in the areas of cultural influence on human behavior and digital media; virtual communities and augmented reality; connection through social media communities; the psychology behind effective communication design; new and changing learning communities; and how to create solid user experience design.
Dr. Hogg enjoys extending the conversation through writing, speaking, teaching, and research. In general, she is interested in our lived experiences and enjoys hearing the individual stories of how we engage.
She writes for both academic and popular audiences, grounding her writing in psychology, science, research, and story. She authors a blog on Psychology Today.com called “The Digital Life”, and regularly engages with reporters on current topics in media psychology and technology. Recent interviews include The Atlantic, US News and World Report, Self Magazine, Internet Magazine, and Cosmopolitan.
Dr. Hogg regularly speaks on audience engagement; augmented reality; media and technology issues with privacy and ethics; learning environments; media psychology and technology for good; and how we interface with technology.
She began her career studying engineering and then made the unusual jump to advertising and public relations. Her background in engineering fueled her interest in the science and technology behind how we are driven to connect and communicate. With experience in design and usability, Dr. Hogg discovered the newly emerging field of Media Psychology. She has been researching and teaching in Media Psychology and Technology ever since. She continues to be passionate about the ways we connect and make meaning in digital environments. She enjoys the dialogue with others on the topic and continues to uncover new areas for research and understanding.
Industry Expertise (5)
Education/Learning
Media - Online
Social Media
Training and Development
Research
Areas of Expertise (30)
Positive Psychology
Digital Culture
Media Psychology
Media for Good
Wearable Technologies
Cognitive Psychology
Sense of Presence
Fandom
Mad Men
Design
Usability
User Experience
Learning Environments
Selfies
Media Literacy
Virtual Communities
Audience Engagement
Distance Learning
Augmented Reality
Digital Storytelling
Creative Visualization
Mobile Learning
Virtual Worlds
The Digital Classroom
Transmedia
Audience Profiling
Information Management
Virtual Reality
Social Media
Digital Environments
Education (3)
Fielding Graduate University: PhD, Media Psychology
Fielding Graduate University: MA, Media Psychology
Bay Path College: MS, Communications
Affiliations (5)
- President, APA Division 46, Society for Media Psychology & Technology
- Advisory Board Member, Internet Marketing Certificate Program, University of California Irvine
- Advisory Board Member, Magic Always Happens
- Senior Research Fellow, Media Psychology Research Center
- Nationally Recognized APA Skype in the Classroom Mental Health Expert
Links (5)
Media Appearances (1)
Vocus Marketing Suite Named "Social Tool of The Year" by 2014 SoMe Awards
PRWeb online
2014-05-23
The 2014 SoMe judges included Jonah Sachs, co-founder and chief executive officer of Free Range Studios; Billie Goldman, partner marketing manager of Intel Corporation; Toni Wallace, director of strategic marketing at Sony Music Entertainment; Pamela Rutledge, Ph.D, MBA, director of Media Psychology Research Center; and Jerri Lynn Hogg, social media psychology specialist...
Event Appearances (6)
Ethics and emerging technology: Ethical concerns from a cognitive, media & technology focused psychology perspective concerning augmented reality, privacy, and singularity (Panel)
IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Science, Technology and Engineering Chicago, IL.
2014-05-23
Cognitive Design Considerations for Augmented Reality
EEE International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government Las Vegas, NV.
2012-01-01
Psychological keys to success in MAR systems
Mixed and Augmented Reality - Arts, Media and Humanities (ISMAR-AMH) Basel, Germany
2011-10-26
Keynote Speaker
National Congress of Psychological Research: Psychology in Greece and the Mediterranean Cyprus
2015-05-29
Panel Speaker, Privacy, Law, and Ethics in Augmented Reality
Augmented World Expo Santa Clara, CA
2015-06-09
Presidential Address, Media Psychology and Technology for Good: iWearables
122nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association Toronto, Canada
2015-08-07
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