Cyberpsychology is a scientific inter-disciplinary domain that focuses on the psychological phenomena which emerge as a result of the human interaction with digital technology, particularly the Internet.
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Cyberpsychology In the Media
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2019
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The Conversation- How to deal with smartphone stress (November 2019)
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The Conversation- Zao’s deepfake face-swapping app shows uploading your photos is riskier than ever (September 2019)
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The Conversation- Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here’s why you should be worried (August 2019)
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The Conversation- Pseudoscience is taking over social media – and putting us all at risk (August 2019)
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The Psychologist- Centres of Cyber Excellence (August 2019)
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The Psychologist- Games have helped me a lot throughout my life (August 2019)
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The Psychologist- This is the moment when everything is changing (August 2019)
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BBC Ideas- Is technology addiction a myth? (July 2019)
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BPS Consultations- BPS Response to the Online Harms White Paper (July 2019)
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The Psychologist- There are wolves in the forest (June 2019)
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The Conversation- Limiting screen use is not the way to tackle teenage screen problems- here's how to browse healthily at night (May 2019)
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The Conversation- Facebook doesn't fool me- but I worry about how it affects you (May 2019)
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The Conversation- How to break our bad online security habits- with a flashing cyber nudge (May 2019)
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The Conversation- Screen time for children: The WHO's extreme new approach may do little to curb obesity (May 2019)
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The Conversation- Curious Kids: Who is Siri? (April 2019)
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BPS Blog- Should Smartphones really be banned for children or do scientists have a bigger problem? (April 2019)
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Blog Post- Scientists like me are studying your Tweets- Are you Ok with that? (March 2019)
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The Conversation- Algorithms have already taken over human decision making (March 2019)
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The Conversation- Don’t click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do (February 2019)
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The Conversation- Digital detoxes are a solution looking for a problem (January 2019)
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2018
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BPS News- Changing Behaviour: Cybersecurity (November 2018)
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BPS Blog- Researcher Protection and Practices in IMR (August 2018)
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BPS News-BPS responds to media reports on self harming by teenage girls and its links to social media use (August 2018)
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TEDx Talk- Is technology really ruining your life? (July 2018)
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BPS News- A third of UK MPs experience online abuse and threats (June 2018)
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BPS News- More than an hour a day on social media leads to body dissatisfaction in women (May 2018)
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BPS Blog- Why psychology needs to start taking emoji seriously (March 2018)
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The Conversation- Gaming addiction as a mental disorder: it’s premature to pathologise players (February 2018)
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BPS News- Changing behaviour: children, adolescents and screen use (January 2018)
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BPS News- Children, young people and mental health: communicating in an online world (January 2018)
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2017
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TEDx Talk- What your emoji says about you (November 2017)
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BPS Blog-Using online behavior in psychological enquiry (September 2017)
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The Conversation- Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories (June 2017)
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BPS Blog-Are humans intelligent enough for the digital age? (June 2017)
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2016
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BPS Blog- Putting the “cyber” in psychology (December 2016)
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The Conversation- How to save the Internet of Things from cyber attacks – with psychology (November 2016)
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2015
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TEDx Talk- The quest for digital superfoods (June 2015)
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BPS Research Digest- Could violent video games make players more moral in the real world? (January 2015)
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2014
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The Conversation- Keeping off social media when grieving or vulnerable could help avoid trolls (August 2014)
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The Conversation- #neknomination: the internet has changed drinking games (February 2014)
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2013
Show content- BPS Research Digest- What can employers learn from a job candidate's Facebook postings? (October 2013)
Previous News
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2018
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- British Psychological Society members can join the new Section. For 2019, Section membership is FREE. Join the Section.
November
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The British Psychological Society convened an AGM for all new Sections on 29th November 2018. This included the election of committee membership for the interim until our first AGM in 2019.
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BPS News- Changing Behaviour: Cybersecurity
October
- British Psychological Society members were informed they could nominate themselves for BPS Cyberpsychology Section committee roles or to be a committee member.
August
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The Cyberpsychology Section vote was approved and thus we were now formally established as a BPS Section.
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BPS Blog - Researcher Protection and Practices in IMR
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BPS News - BPS responds to media reports on self harming by teenage girls and its links to social media use
July
- TEDx Talk - Is technology really ruining your life?
June
May
March
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More than 80% of BPS members voted in favour of our Section.
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BPS Blog - Why psychology needs to start taking emoji seriously
February
- The Conversation - Gaming addiction as a mental disorder: it’s premature to pathologise players
January
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2017
Show contentNovember
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TEDx Talk - What your emoji says about you
September
June
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The Conversation - Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories
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BPS Blog - Are humans intelligent enough for the digital age?
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