Cyberpsychology Theme 1 - What activities and behaviours are enabled by digital technology? by Nguyen Banh https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk Digital Lives en-us 2017-02-24 10:09:19 UTC 2023-05-24 12:40:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png Communication nguyenbest https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155983057 Communication has revolutionised because of the rise of digital technology. As society and businesses becomes more digitalised, this has accounted for the rise of social media websites such as Facebook. Facebook has changed the way in which people interact with each other, building different social constructs which may have no been seen before in the past, before the internet was born.]]> 2017-02-24 10:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155983057 Awareness clvb20 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984050 Social media is a great platform to raise awareness and change people's opinions. For example, Twitter trends can advocate certain political movements.]]> 2017-02-24 10:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984050 Interacting on YouTube ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984439 Sharing, watching and commenting on YouTube videos - these can be anything from current music videos to users vlogging about their daily lives]]> 2017-02-24 10:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984439 News nguyenbest https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984507 As technology has spread through our society, new behaviours and new ways of working have emerged - for example, few have predicted the impact of technology on news reporting. This impact has led to a new enfranchisement for citizens, more people are becoming more interested in the news and are proactive. Such changes has affected the structures of a society and has transformed institutions (Heath & Luff, 2000).]]> 2017-02-24 10:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984507 Education clvb20 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984812 Technology has enabled a huge advancement in education programmes. For example, the introduction of computers in school has improved children's results.]]> 2017-02-24 10:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984812 Consumer behaviour changes clk28 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984857 Millennials grew up with technology and thus their consumer behaviour is vastly different to generations that came before. 

Millennials are:
  1. 3x likely to talk about brand/product on social media than baby boomers 
  2. 2x more likely to reference peer review on products before buying them than generation x 
  3.  50% more likely to make price comparison on products before buying them than non millennials 
  4. 10x more likely to blog about it

This has enormous consequences on businesses as millennials are such a large part of the population.
]]> 2017-02-24 10:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155984857 Health nguyenbest https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155985591 Digital technology has enabled advancement within the health industry, most specifically within interventions. For example - technology-based tools such as sensors and mobile devices can be used to help individuals quit smoking. These technological tools afford 'automatic nudging' about different 'risk' decision such as decisions to smoke ]]> 2017-02-24 10:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155985591 Twitter ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155985657 2017-02-24 10:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155985657 clvb20 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155985860 2017-02-24 10:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155985860 Gamification clk28 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155986239 Digital technology allows the typical elements of game playing to be applied to other activities.

This is useful for:
  • Safety critical training e.g. army, flight crew
  • Helping children with disabilities to develop advanced cognitive maps
  • Educational purposes- a good example for language learning is Duolingo
]]> 2017-02-24 10:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155986239 What are digital technologies? ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155987241 2017-02-24 10:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155987241 Problems? nguyenbest https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155987283 As seen, digital technology has revolutionised society and the way people communicate and interact with others. However, could there be any problems with how widespread digital technology has become? There has been evidence that people today are overindulging in excess digital behaviours and this could be detrimental for psychological and physical wellbeing. For example - excess internet/gaming addictions and social problems such as cyber bullying.]]> 2017-02-24 10:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155987283 Reduction of Waste fnb23 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155987485 Technology has resulted in less paper waste.]]> 2017-02-24 10:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155987485 ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988332 2017-02-24 10:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988332 Virtual reality, augmented reality... ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988501 2017-02-24 10:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988501 Future of healthcare? ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988720 2017-02-24 11:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988720 Biodigital brains? ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988874 2017-02-24 11:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155988874 Trolling: harmless fun or cyber-bullying? clk28 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989065 In the digital age people have unprecedented access to complete anonymity. There are interesting debates surrounding this issue, some of which are outlined in this article]]> 2017-02-24 11:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989065 Internet of Things ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989111 2017-02-24 11:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989111 The future of digital technology? ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989150 2017-02-24 11:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989150 ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989473 2017-02-24 11:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989473 Productivity? nguyenbest https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989811 A paper by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development and the International Development Research Centre concluded that despite vast investments in digital technologies, the digital dividend in terms of greater productivity, less inequality, more democracy and greater wealth for all was not gained - they found that global productivity growth has slowed and labour markets have become more polarised, with inequality rising especially in wealthier countries. The share of free and fair elections were also falling due to the inequality within the share of digital technology]]> 2017-02-24 11:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155989811 ajr51 https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155990210 2017-02-24 11:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155990210 Evaluation nguyenbest https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155990635 2017-02-24 11:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nguyenbest/se9unhd737uk/wish/155990635