PsychBook Research

Collecting and analysing psychological research on the most popular social networking site in the world today.

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Clinical or research psychologist? In training? on Facebook? read on…

Given that these things are moving so quickly, it’s not surprising that these questions haven’t been asked before. However, the fact that this research seems to have found that psychological professionals aren’t being very clever about their use of social networking sites is a little bit worrying. In an article entitled ‘Psychologists’ Attitudes and Ethical […]

26 April 2010 at 22:40 - Comments

Did you make it into the top 100?

Günter datamined 120 million profiles and has a list of the most popular first names, here: 100 Most Popular First Names at Facebook | Life of Günter

24 April 2010 at 18:16 - Comments

The future of Facebook – the optimistic view

As some of you may know, I’ve been toying with the idea of predicting the demise of Facebook for some time. In fact, based on reasonably sound psychological theory, I almost had it nailed. But now I’m not so sure. What follows is the optimistic argument of why Facebook could be around for a very […]

21 April 2010 at 22:24 - Comments

Join the club

So, in case you’re wondering what this is about, and why you’ve been invited here, well it’s quite simple – I’m pretty sure you’re interested in the same things that I am. In fact, I’m certain of it. Me, I’m a research psychologist, interested in Facebook. And how can I be so sure that you’re […]

21 April 2010 at 01:58 - Comments

Age differences in Facebook-related privacy issues

Technorati Tags: facebook,privacy,young,old It’s hardly ground-breaking stuff, but this study is making headlines all across the web. Apparently younger people think that their privacy is more protected on the internet than older people do. Which might explain why there are fewer pictures of passed out partying pensioners out there. Might. AFP: Young adults concerned but […]

20 April 2010 at 00:33 - Comments