本课程探讨新兴媒体的心理层面。 Theories and empirical research from communication, psychology, and human-computer studies will be used to explore: psychological responses to new media technologies; uses and effects of technological features, such as agency, navigability, and modality, on users' thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; the nature and dynamic of interpersonal and group interaction when mediated by new media technologies; 新媒体的认知与情绪加工； issues of source, self, and privacy altered by new media.