Media Psychology

Social comparisons in social networks can leave you comparing your lows to others' highs. Embedded Link Just Say No to Facebook Social Comparisons! | Psychology Today It’s time for twentysomethings to take Facebook at face value By Meg Jay, Ph.D…. Google+: View post on Google+

Early light therapy with camp fires and tales of arctic madness… Embedded Link A bipolar expedition In 2008, The Lancet published an amazing article on the ‘psychological effects of polar expeditions’ that contains a potted history of artic madness. Unfortunately, the paper is locked,… Google+: View post on Google+

I love that more and more conferences are tying together (seemingly) different fields. In this case philosophy and tech. One day I hope to be a part of research that involves a broad range of fields from the start. Embedded Link 4th ICTs and Society-Conference 2012 (Uppsala, May 2nd-4th, 2012)4th ICTs and Society-Conference 2012 (Uppsala, […]

Clean scents lead to clean behavior. Embedded Link BPS Research Digest: Passengers litter less on carriages that smell of cleaning product A team of Dutch social psychologists has proposed a simple solution to the litter problem on trains – infuse carriages with the citrus scent of cleaning product. Martinijn de Lange and his colleagues … […]

In retaliation against "enforced niceness," a new Facebook app tags enemies. It's developers point out all the positives such as finding common ground to create social bonds and new data to explore. Isn't that nice?  Embedded Link Facebook App Lets You Add Enemies Online Forget friending. A new app allows users of the social […]

This article touches on some research showing that digital natives' brains are wired differently based on mediated interactions. Some of the listed downfalls are poor skills in empathy, nonverbal communication, and interpersonal relations. By nonverbal communication, they mean reading body language. But are they better at reading text cues in online communication? And will those […]

But we have to look beyond just tools to understand how and why they are used. Embedded Link Social media is about social science not technology – Brian Solis Brian Excellent blog post. Do you realize this conception of actually listening and having empathy actually connects you better with your customer has always been true. […]

I'm fascinated by how the wide acceptance of a technology makes it seem less important, even though it's wide-spread use is more influential. Embedded Link Online, Offline…Where’s The Line? | Sense of Community Research Media tools are being harnessed for things we want to accomplish in our local communities and helping those things to happen […]

but here's the announcement from Fielding about my graduation and dissertation! Embedded Link Research@Fielding.edu: Jenny Whittemore Fremlin completes dissertation in the School of Psychology Sense of Community in a Mediated World — Jenny Whittemore Fremlin Review of the Literature – Part A Abstract As Internet use becomes more prevalent and access to existing social relationships […]