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Most research on the psychological impact of computers and the
Internet has focused on the negative side of technology - i.e. how
the use (abuse) of interactive systems and videogames can
negatively affect mental health and behavior. On the other hand,
less attention has been devoted to understanding how emerging
technologies can promote optimal functioning at individual, group,
and community levels. Integrating Technology in Positive Psychology
Practice explores the various roles that technology can play in the
development of psychological interventions aimed at helping people
thrive. Exploring the ways in which ICT can be utilized to foster
positive emotions, promote engagement in empowering activities, and
support connectedness between individuals, groups, and communities,
this timely publication is designed for use by psychologists, IT
developers, researchers, and graduate students.
Using a novel approach to consider the available literature and
research, this book focuses on the psychology of social media based
on the assumption that the experience of being in a social media
has an impact on both our identity and social relationships. In
order to 'be online', an individual has to create an online
presence - they have to share information about themselves online.
This online self is presented in different ways, with diverse goals
and aims in order to engage in different social media activities
and to achieve desired outcomes. Whilst this may not be a real
physical presence, that physicality is becoming increasingly
replicated through photos, video, and ever-evolving ways of
defining and describing the self online. Moreover, individuals are
using both PC-based and mobile-based social media as well as
increasingly making use of photo and video editing tools to
carefully craft and manipulate their online self. This book
therefore explores current debates in Cyberpsychology, drawing on
the most up-to-date theories and research to explore four main
aspects of the social media experience (communication, identity,
presence and relationships). In doing so, it considers the
interplay of different areas of psychological research with current
technological and security insight into how individuals create,
manipulate and maintain their online identity and relationships.
The social media are therefore at the core of every chapter, with
the common thread throughout being the very unique approach to
considering diverse and varied online behaviours that may not have
been thus far considered from this perspective. It covers a broad
range of both positive and negative behaviours that have now become
integrated into the daily lives of many westernised country's
Internet users, giving it an appeal to both scholarly and industry
readers alike.
Using a novel approach to consider the available literature and
research, this book focuses on the psychology of social media based
on the assumption that the experience of being in a social media
has an impact on both our identity and social relationships. In
order to 'be online', an individual has to create an online
presence - they have to share information about themselves online.
This online self is presented in different ways, with diverse goals
and aims in order to engage in different social media activities
and to achieve desired outcomes. Whilst this may not be a real
physical presence, that physicality is becoming increasingly
replicated through photos, video, and ever-evolving ways of
defining and describing the self online. Moreover, individuals are
using both PC-based and mobile-based social media as well as
increasingly making use of photo and video editing tools to
carefully craft and manipulate their online self. This book
therefore explores current debates in Cyberpsychology, drawing on
the most up-to-date theories and research to explore four main
aspects of the social media experience (communication, identity,
presence and relationships). In doing so, it considers the
interplay of different areas of psychological research with current
technological and security insight into how individuals create,
manipulate and maintain their online identity and relationships.
The social media are therefore at the core of every chapter, with
the common thread throughout being the very unique approach to
considering diverse and varied online behaviours that may not have
been thus far considered from this perspective. It covers a broad
range of both positive and negative behaviours that have now become
integrated into the daily lives of many westernised country's
Internet users, giving it an appeal to both scholarly and industry
readers alike.
Human-computer confluence refers to an invisible, implicit,
embodied or even implanted interaction between humans and system
components. New classes of user interfaces are emerging that make
use of several sensors and are able to adapt their physical
properties to the current situational context of users. A key
aspect of human-computer confluence is its potential for
transforming human experience in the sense of bending, breaking and
blending the barriers between the real, the virtual and the
augmented, to allow users to experience their body and their world
in new ways. Research on Presence, Embodiment and Brain-Computer
Interface is already exploring these boundaries and asking
questions such as: Can we seamlessly move between the virtual and
the real? Can we assimilate fundamentally new senses through
confluence? The aim of this book is to explore the boundaries and
intersections of the multidisciplinary field of HCC and discuss its
potential applications in different domains, including healthcare,
education, training and even arts.
Personal psychological growth Why are some people able to promote
their own psychological growth and change toward complexity while
others not? Is it possible to propose simple methodologies and
instruments that would allow selection of positive experiences and
hence develop a stronger and richer Self? This book describes the
way to promote and foster positive psychological growth in everyday
life, through simple instruments accessible to anyone. Positive
psychological experience The focal point of the approach is the
concept of Flow of Consciousness, an experience of subjective
psychological wellbeing that nourishes and complexifies the Self.
The authors propose a wide overview of positive psychological
experience considering individual characteristics and experiences,
as well as the influence of context, culture and social
relationship, and the effects of the immersion in a globalized
world, like the increasing daily use of mediated communication
technologies. In the various chapters, this conceptual frame is
declined in different areas of research, either consolidated ones
or new fields. Self-development tips In a fresh and engaging style,
the book transports the readers in a world of situations and
opportunities through which they can identify themselves in a
positive and stable self-development process. In the first two
chapters the authors describe the impact of positive psychological
experience in social and individual life. In the following chapters
the reader discovers, accompanied by the exposition of concrete
research results, the specific characteristics that may promote
flow experience in several field of experience: the use of
communication technology; the experience of social-networks;
clinical settings and Psychotherapy; the psychological relation
with environment, politics and social participation, school,
sports, family business, mentor's influence, and the perception of
quality of life in daytime. Everyday opportunities This opportunity
of interacting with different and various kinds of experiences,
that may appear dispersive, will on the contrary bring the reader -
who may choose this book both for professional or personal reasons
- to understand the concept of personal psychological growth in the
wider and more concrete perspective, and to comprehend which
personal skills he may bring into play in order to improve his
personality and his daily experience.
The experience of using and interacting with the newest Virtual
Reality and computing technologies is profoundly affected by the
extent to which we feel ourselves to be really 'present' in
computer-generated and -mediated augmented worlds. This feeling of
'Presence', of "being inside the mediated world", is key to
understanding developments in applications such as interactive
entertainment, gaming, psychotherapy, education, scientific
visualisation, sports training and rehabilitation, and many more.
This edited volume, featuring contributions from internationally
renowned scholars, provides a comprehensive introduction to and
overview of the topic of mediated presence - or 'tele-presence' -
and of the emerging field of presence research. It is intended for
researchers and graduate students in human-computer interaction,
cognitive science, psychology, cyberpsychology and computer
science, as well as for experienced professionals from the ICT
industry. The editors are all well-known professional researchers
in the field: Professor Giuseppe Riva from the Catholic University
of Milan, Italy; Professor John Waterworth from Umea University,
Sweden; Dianne Murray, an HCI Consultant and editor of the journal
"Interacting with Computers".
Identifying networked flow as the key driver of networked
creativity, this new volume in the Springer Briefs series deploys
concepts from a range of sub-disciplines in psychology to suggest
ways of optimizing the innovative potential of creative networks.
In their analysis of how to support these networks, the
contributing authors apply expertise in experimental, social,
cultural and educational psychology. They show how developing a
creative network requires the establishment of an optimal group
experience in which individual intentions inform and guide
collective goals.
The volume represents a three-fold achievement. It develops a
ground-breaking new perspective on group creativity: the notion of
networked flow as a bridging concept linking the
neuropsychological, psychological and social levels of the creative
process. In addition, the authors set out a six-stage model that
provides researchers with a methodological framework (also by
referring to the social network analysis) for studying the
creativity traditionally associated with interpersonal contexts.
Finally, the book includes perceptive analysis of the novel
possibilities opened up by second-generation internet technologies,
particularly in social networking, that seem destined to develop
and sustain online creativity. As a wide-ranging exposition of a
new direction in theoretical psychology that is laden with exciting
possibilities, this volume will inform and inspire professionals,
scholars and students alike."
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