Graham Jones
A list of interesting content and people who understand the psychology of the way we use the Internet
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Graham Jones is an Internet Psychologist
The latest from Graham Jones (@grahamjones). Graham Jones is an Internet Psychologist from Reading, UK, who helps businesses understand the behaviour of their online customers http://t.co/pr5KNHd0vY. Reading, UK
50 psychology studies reveal how people are using email, Facebook, Twitter, online dating and more. Twitter is an unsocial network. 59% of people check email from the bathroom. Online daters do lie, but only a little. These are just a few of the psychological insights revealed in more than 50 internet psychology studies.
The developing field of cyberpsychology encompasses all psychological phenomena that are associated with or affected by emerging technology. Cyber comes from the word cybernetics, the study of the operation of control and communication; psychology is the study of the mind and behavior.
Various researchers have undertaken efforts to examine the impact of Internet use on humans, inter alia through studying brain functions in Internet users. Some studies assert that these changes are harmful, while others argue that asserted changes are beneficial.
Holly Gregory and Paul Redford - University of the West of England, UK. Time to complete - 10 minutes. A online study assessing whether types of internet usage can effect ones' psychological well-being. Loren Abell & Gayle Brewer - University of Central Lancashire, UK. Time to complete - 15 minutes.
A listing of psychological research being conducted online.
Some years ago an eminent professor from a leading university asked me about my work. "I research the influence of psychology on the Internet." I replied. His face became one of consternation and his mouth dropped open, at last he managed a hoarse whisper, "what on earth has psychology got to do with the Internet?"
