Nick Bowman Ph.D.

About

Nick Bowman, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts broadly addressing the uses and effects of digital media, with a focus on video games and metaverse technologies. He has taught courses on media psychology and research design in the US, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, and Taiwan, and is a former Fulbright Taiwan Wu Jing-Jyi Arts & Culture Fellow at the National Chengchi University in Taipei. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Media Psychology and has edited four other academic journals.

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Recent Posts

Fallout on Amazon: Why Is the Wasteland So Wonderful?

The unexpected success of the "Fallout" streaming series is a reminder of how video game experiences - especially, the spaces presented in games - have enduring meaning for us.

Concerns Over AI: Moral Panic or Mindful Caution?

With increasingly accessible tools bringing AI platforms to the masses, an inevitable cycle of hype, fear, and misunderstanding is outpacing the technologies themselves.

Colleges Experiment With AI Classmates

For spring 2024, at least one U.S. university is experimenting with virtual students in online classrooms. If it sounds a lot like a video game, that's because it is.

The Turing Test Is Especially Relevant Today

Our ability to perceive intelligence in machines is key to AI success.

Nostalgic Video Games Enhance Family and Familiarity

Video games have been played for nearly 60 years. The memories we've formed in that time are especially powerful elicitors of nostalgia, which is beneficial to our well-being.