Why Conscious Media?
A few months ago, my dear friend Melissa directed me to an article written for UC Berkeley’s online publication, Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, by Chapman University Professor, Sophie H. Janicke. I was grateful and encouraged by her article on “How Positive Media Can Make Us Better People.” Although I have personally felt that positive media had a positive effect on human behavior, Dr. Janicke and her team of researchers have spent much time and energy, finding out that this may indeed be the fact. With her permission, I am delighted to include a link to her blog on the Emerjanew website as well as her Bio. I encourage you all to read it!
Thank you and Many Blessings,
Magdalena
Sophie H. Janicke, Ph.D. is a researcher, teacher and innovator who investigates the role that new and traditional media play in promoting well-being, character development and prosocial behavior. She is a psychologist with a Ph.D. in Media Psychology and has worked in academia for over 6 years. Her research and teaching focus is on media and happiness, media and new communication technologies, and media and spirituality. As a Co-Pi of a research team from Florida State and Penn State Universities, she was awarded a 3 year $1.9M grant from the John Templeton Foundation (2015-2018) to explore how people use and are impacted by media content that elicits self-transcendent emotions such as awe, elevation, gratitude, and compassion. Her innovative academic work on the positive effects of media is published in peer-reviewed journals as well as in the popular press (i.e., Greater Good Science Center, The Good News Network, Yes Magazine). Besides her work as an Assistant Professor at Chapman University, she is founder of Rewire Happiness,<http://ewirehappiness.com/> the #RealBreak<http://www.facebook.com/groups/RealBreak/> community and Co-Founder of the Ecology of Technology Movement<http://www.ecologyoftechnology.com/> and she implements workshops on mindfulness and work-life balance at the university and other business settings.
