#7 - The Psychology of Media & Entertainment with Dr Brendan Rooney & JFL

In this seventh episode of the bodymindself™ podcast psychologist and cognitive scientist John Francis Leader (JFL) meets psychologist Dr Brendan Rooney ( https://twitter.com/brenrooney ) to discuss the psychology of media and entertainment. Dr Brendan Rooney's research interests include how cognitive and emotional processes interact in the context of media, arts and entertainment. He has a strong interest in research design, methods and analysis and teaches on the research methods and statistics modules in the UCD School of Psychology where he also heads up the Media + Entertainment Lab. Through his research and teaching Dr Brendan Rooney has worked on a number of interdisciplinary and international research teams, with creative and entertainment industry experts (such as animators, filmmakers, and designers), philosophers, computer scientists and engineers, film and humanities scholars, and cognitive neuroscientists. Dr Brendan Rooney has previously lectured in the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, the National College of Art and Design, and the National Film School. He founded and and is former chair of the Psychological Society of Ireland's Special Interest Group for Media, The Arts and Cyberpsychology, and he is a member of the Society for the Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image. The bodymindself™ podcast is an ongoing series of conversations between JFL and others on the topics of applied psychology and cognitive science, experiential learning, perception, virtual and mixed reality, embodiment, mental processes and identification. The aim of the series is to include the voices of people from very diverse backgrounds, ranging from academia to those working on the frontline in applied fields, with the hope of gaining an even greater systematic understanding of the topics being explored. All references and views expressed are those of the person who expressed them and not necessarily those of JFL. Your comments, shares, likes and dislikes are very welcome and will help guide future discussions. To stay up to date follow on twitter.com/jfldotcom, subscribe on @jfldotcom or itun.es/i67P795 and visit jfl.com . References Full references, the video version of the episode and other information can be found at: https://jfl.com/blog/psychology-media-entertainment-brendan-rooney-jfl-bodymindself-podcast/