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Posts Tagged 'privacy'

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

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