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RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Media
psychology
- media as ecological environments
- virtual reality, video games, film
My
area of research is media psychology and
spans the range of visual media from words
and pictures to film, TV, video games, music
videos and virtual environments. I am primarily
interested in visuals, especially the design
features of visual events, why viewers find
certain visuals engaging and absorbing,
and the way these factors mediate salience,
preference, comprehension, evaluation, post-viewing
behaviour and so forth. Basic to this research
is the notion that visuals provide ecological
environments. Viewers orient to mediated
environments and reorient to physical reality.
Recent studies examine a range of factors
relevant to this dynamic process.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS:
Publications:
Preston,
J.M. (in press). From mediated environments
to the development of consciousness. In
J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the
Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and
Transpersonal Perspectives. Second Edition.
Academic Press.
Preston,
J.M. (2005). The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic
Ability -3. In D. Keyser (Ed.), Test
Critiques XI. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed Inc.,
pp. 129-137.
Preston,
J.M. & Eden, M. (2002). Viewing music
videos: Emotion and viewer interpretation.
Zeitschrift fur Medienpsychologie/Journal
of Media Psychology, Vol. 14 (2), 69-79.
Recent
Refereed Presentations
Preston, J.M. (2005).
Virtual action space: Foreshadowing outcomes
in mediated environments. International
Communication Association, New York, NY.
Preston, J.M. (2005).
Issues in media reality. Canadian Psychological
Association Meeting, Montreal.
Preston, J.M. (2005).
Responding to media: Artistic vs. psychological
variables. Canadian Psychological Association
Meeting, Montreal.
Nery, R. & Preston,
J.M. (2005). Video games: Psychological
Factors and Performance. Canadian Psychological
Association Annual Meeting, Montreal.
Hann, J., Armstrong,
K., & Preston, J.M. (2005). Factors
in participant enjoyment of apparent-motion
media. Canadian Psychological Association
Meeting, Montreal.
Preston,
J.M. (2003). Film Structure and Narrative
Meaning. Canadian Psychological Association,
Hamilton.
Preston,
J.M. & Evans, J. (2001). Moving pictures:
Music's effect on viewers. Canadian Psychological
Association Meeting, Quebec City.
Preston,
J.M. (2001). Effects of image size on viewers'
interpretations of emotional content in
music videos. International Communication
Association Meeting, Washington, DC.
Qian,
J. & Preston, J.M. (2001). Reality sense
in narrative mediated messages. International
Communication Association Meeting, Washington,
DC.
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