Parent Book: An Introduction to Cyberpsychology
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Chapter 10 – Further Reading
This fascinating paper by Joanne Hinds, Emma Williams, and Adam Joinson considers how people’s privacy concerns were (or were not) affected by the Cambridge Analytica case. The Pew Research Centre has published data regarding people’s perceptions of privacy online. A summary of their results and a link to the full report are available here: Bruce…
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Chapter 10 – Audio and Video links
Here’s a short interview with Professor Sandra Petronio explaining the principles of Communication Privacy Management theory. Prof. Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, describes the research presented in his book ‘Thinking Fast and Slow’ in this ‘Talks at Google’ video.
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Chapter 9 – Useful Websites
This website is from Steve Booth Butterfield who is a prominent researcher in persuasion. It contains definitions and applications of persuasion tactics/models to the Web. The website is very informal and easy to follow. https://www.healthyinfluence.com/contact.htm The behaviour design lab is located in Stanford University and is run by B.F. Fogg. The website contains articles and…
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Chapter 9 – Further Reading
This paper by Fogg describes the design principles behind creating persuasive technologies. This paper by Knowles et al. looks at the difference between persuasion and manipulation as tools used in persuasive technologies. It also introduces the BARTER system in a case study which is designed to get people to spend locally using persuasive technologies. This…
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Chapter 9 – Audio and Video links
One of the applications of online social influence is online activism and in this TED Talk, Zeynep Tufekci looks at why it may be easy to start an online cause but more difficult to sustain it. Another TED Talk by Eli Pariser focuses on what would occur if all the online information we are exposed…
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Chapter 8 – Useful Websites
This link, from the Social Psychology Network, lists many resources on ‘The Self, Social Identity and Group Behaviour’. http://www.socialpsychology.org/social.htm#self This web link details some online communities for podcasters. http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/6-best-online-communities-for-podcasters-and-etiquette-tips-tap118/
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Chapter 8 – Further Reading
This paper by Janghee Cho and Rick Walsh investigated how potential new members of an online community create their own mental models of that online community from their first experience of the community, and how this process impacts their decision to remain in the community or not. Cho, J., and Walsh, R. (2021). How Potential…
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Chapter 8 – Audio and Video links
In this short 4-minute TED (2020) talk, entitled ‘Discovering safe community in online spaces’, Melody Yoon, describes her experiences of finding safe places in less than conventional spaces. https://www.ted.com/talks/melody_yoon_discovering_safe_community_in_online_spaces In this Ted Talk (2020) series, issues related to managing remote working teams are explored. Topics such as communication, burnout, and developing connections are specifically addressed.…
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Chapter 7 – Useful Websites
Headspace is a course of guided mindfulness meditations delivered via an app: Here is a link to the Invisible Gorilla selective awareness test from Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris: The website of Dr. Larry Rosen has many interesting articles, blog posts, and videos of speeches on the topic of attention, distraction, and the role of…
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Chapter 7 – Further Reading
This ‘digital detox’ workbook provides a hands-on guide for de-stressing, cultivating mindfulness, improving mood and health, and finding balance in your daily life: This book examines the effects the Internet is having on our brains, including how smartphones and social media are influencing our thoughts and emotions: This book puts forth the argument that our…