A MERICAN JOURNAL OF M EDIA PSYCHOLOGY E DITED BY MICHAEL G. ELASMAR, BOSTON UNIVERSITY E DITORIAL B OARD MEMBERS Icek Aizen, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Mike Allen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee David Atkin, University of Connecticut Sandra Ball-Rokeach, University of Southern California Stephen Banning, Bradley University Jennings Bryant, University of Alabama Joseph Cappella, University of Pennsylvania Dennis Davis, Pennsylvania State University Robyn Goodman, Alfred University Bradley S. Greenberg, Michigan State University Annie Lang, Indiana University Carolyn Lin, University of Connecticut Kimberly Neuendorf, Cleveland State University Elizabeth Perse, University of Delaware James Shanahan, Boston University Nancy Signorielli, University of Delaware Alex Tan, Washington State University Tammy Vigil, Boston University Denis Wu, Boston University