HU Credits: 3

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Communication & Journalism

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr.Meital Balmas-Cohen

Coordinator Email: meitalbalmas@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 12:00-13:00

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Meital Balmas,
Ms. Amit Turgeman,
Ms. Hofit Dagari,
Ms. nitzan attias

Course/Module description:
The course will review key research findings in social psychology, with emphasis on the relevance of these findings to the field of communication.

Course/Module aims:
In the course we will discuss key research findings in social psychology: Social perception and attribution, social interaction, power, construction of "self"; attitude and attitude change, conformity and obedience, group processes and leadership; and more.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Define the basic concepts and research methods of social psychology.
2. Describe the relationship between the basic concepts of social psychology and research findings in mass media and interpersonal communication.
3. Discuss the relationship between social psychology and communication through case studies.

Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: In each week there will be a lecture which will present the main theories and concepts relating to social thinking and social influence. The lecture will be followed by an hour of frontal practice, which will present the major theories and concepts related to social interaction.

Course/Module Content:
Lectures:
Introducing Social Psychology (chapter 1)

The Self in a Social World (chapter 2)

Social Beliefs and Judgments (chapter 3)

Behavior and Attitudes (chapter 4)

Persuasion (chapter 7)

Conformity and Obedience (chapter 6)

Conflict and Peacemaking (chapter 13)



Exercises:
Attraction and Intimacy: Liking and Loving Others (chapter 11)

Helping (chapter 12)

Aggression: Hurting Others (chapter 10)

Prejudice: Disliking Others (chapter 9)

Group Influence (chapter 8)

Required Reading:
ספר הקריאה לקורס הוא
Myers, D.G. (2010) Social Psychology. McGraw-hill.
ניתן לשאול את ספר הקריאה (גרסה 10 או 11) בקומה 2 בספרייה: HM 1033 M897 2010 או HM 1033 M897 2013. הגרסה העברית: HM 1033 M89716 2012. עותקים נוספים נמצאים בשמורים. קיימת גרסה של הספר מתורגמת לעברית, אולם מומלץ לקרוא את החומרים בשפת המקור.
בנוסף, נסרקו פרקים מספר אלטרנטיבי לטובת מי שלא יוכלו לגשת לחומרים מאת מאיירס, אשר ניתן לגשת אליהם דרך אתר הקורס תחת הכותרת "כללי" 🡨 reading list.
מאמרים לקריאה לשיעורים לפי נושאים
היוריסטיקות, יחסים בין קבוצות פנים לחוץ ומנגנונים של הטלה פרסונלית:
Balmas, M. (2018). Tell me who is your leader, and I will tell you who you are: Foreign leaders' perceived personality and public attitudes toward their countries and citizenry. American Journal of Political Science, 62(2), 499-514.
העצמי בעולם החברתי:
Ahadzadeh, A. S., Sharif, S. P., & Ong, F. S. (2017). Self-schema and self-discrepancy mediate the influence of Instagram usage on body image satisfaction among youth. Computers in human behavior, 68, 8-16.‏
Gonzales, A. L., & Hancock, J. T. (2011). Mirror, mirror on my Facebook wall: Effects of exposure to Facebook on self-esteem. Cyberpsychology, behavior, and social networking, 14(1-2), 79-83.‏
Terkildsen, N. (1993). When white voters evaluate black candidates: The processing implications of candidate skin color, prejudice, and self-monitoring. American Journal of Political Science, 37(4), 1032-1053.‏
van der Meer, T. G., & Hameleers, M. (2022). I Knew It, the World is Falling Apart! Combatting a Confirmatory Negativity Bias in Audiences’ News Selection Through News Media Literacy Interventions. Digital Journalism, 10(3), 473-492.‏
השתמרות האמונה ובניית זיכרונות:
Thorson, E. (2016). Belief echoes: The persistent effects of corrected misinformation. Political Communication, 33(3), 460-480.‏
Beasley, R. K., & Joslyn, M. R. (2001). Cognitive dissonance and post‐decision attitude change in six presidential elections. Political psychology, 22(3), 521-540.‏
שכנוע:
Amsalem, E. (2019). How informative and persuasive is simple elite communication? Effects on like-minded and polarized audiences. Public Opinion Quarterly, 83(1), 1-25.‏

קונפורמיות:
Fein, S., Goethals, G. R., & Kugler, M. B. (2007). Social influence on political judgments: The case of presidential debates. Political Psychology, 28(2), 165-192.‏

יחסים בין קבוצות וקונפליקט:
Balmas, M., Atia, R., & Halperin, E. (Forthcoming). The mediating role of depression in the relationship between news consumption and cross-party hostility during Covid-19. International Journal of Communication
Balmas, M., Harel, T. O., & Halperin, E. (2022). I hate you when I am anxious: Anxiety during the COVID‐19 epidemic and ideological hostility. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.‏
Soroka, S., Loewen, P., Fournier, P., & Rubenson, D. (2016). The impact of news photos on support for military action. Political Communication, 33(4), 563-582.
אמונות בנוגע לקבוצה ותהליכי פיוס בקונפליקט:
Halperin, E., Russell, A. G., Trzesniewski, K. H., Gross, J. J., & Dweck, C. S. (2011). Promoting the Middle East peace process by changing beliefs about group malleability. Science, 333, 1767-1769.

חומרי קריאה לתרגולים לפי נושאים

משיכה וקרבה:
Zytko, D., Grandhi, S. A., & Jones, Q. (2014). Impression management struggles in online
dating. In Proceedings of the 18th international conference on supporting group work (pp.
53–62). https://doi.org/10.1145/2660398.2660410


הופעה חיצונית:
Tsfati, Y., Markowitz Elfassi, D., & Waismel-Manor, I. (2010). Exploring the association between Israeli legislators’ physical attractiveness and their television news coverage. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 15(2), 175-192.‏

אלטרואיזם:
פרק 12 בספר הקורס.

התנהגות פרו חברתית (אלטרואיזם):
Balmas, M., & Halperin, E. (2022). I care about your plight, but only if I like your leader: The effect of national leaders’ perceived personality on empathy and pro-Social Behavior towards their citizenry. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(3), 331-346.‏

תוקפנות:
פרק 10 בספר הקורס.

דעה קדומה:
פרק 9 בספר הקורס.

זהות קבוצתית:
Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2005). Internet minimal group paradigm. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8(2), 140-142.‏

השפעה קבוצתית:
פרק 8 בספר הקורס.

Additional Reading Material:
None

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 65 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 35 %
mid-semester assignment

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