ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We wish to offer our sincerest thanks to Peter Vorderer, Mary Beth Oliver, and Michael Shapiro for allowing us to devote valuable space in Media Psychology to this very worthwhile topic. We further wish to express our gratitude not only to the many reviewers who gave generously of their time and energy to help make this issue possible, but also to the many authors who submitted their work, and in so doing allowed us to see the range of exciting and innovative research that is ongoing in this area from all corners of the globe.