Hello all, I’ve gotten far too many awful ‘here’s our 2020 highlights’ corporate newsletters this week to inflict a similar one on all of you. So as this terrible year closes I’m just going to leave you with two passages… Read More »not another ewnd of year review
Hello again, It is utter chaos in our household today so getting this newsletter out on time is something of a miracle ! (We are having a stove installed in the living room, while the twins nap upstairs, while trying… Read More »Chaos, COVID and cybersecurity
Today, I just wanted to update you with some news. First of all, my new book is shipping in next week. Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Media and Technology is available for pre-order now on the Routledge website. There is currently a 20%… Read More »from my desk – new book and podcast, all about COVID, and the psychology of fake news
Everyone knows what social media is, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to define! You know it when you see it, right? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat – that kind of thing? But what about Wikipedia? Or WhatsApp? Are they social media too? If not, why not?
This book is about the psychology of social media. It’s about trying to explain how so much of our everyday lives and modern culture came to be saturated with these incredibly popular and absorbing services. Chapter 1 opens with these… Read More »Introducing ‘The Psychology of Social Media’