In: Psychology of Social Media

Checking your smartphone again? It’s an object of emotional supply
- 6th May 2016
- Aaron Balick
- ArchivePsychology of Social MediaTechnology
There it is, in your pocket itching away. Did you feel it buzz? Did you check it anyway, even if you...

Has AirBnB Lost its soul? The breaking dream of the sharing economy
- 14th January 2016
- Aaron Balick
- ArchivePsychology of Social Media
The Internet was supposed to be the great disruptor. It was going to unleash a “sharing economy” that would enable people to...

Don’t Swipe Left: “Tinderisation” – understanding choice and meaning in the digital age
- 18th September 2015
- Aaron Balick
- ArchivePsychology of Social Media
I’m pretty much in love with interdisciplinary perspectives. Quite simply, this perspective allows for a variety ways or theories to understand a...

The Tinderisation of Everyday Life: when too much choice backfires
- 29th March 2015
- Aaron Balick
- ArchivePsychology of Social Media
Choice may be the result of the abundance produced by consumer capitalism, but that doesn’t make it a good thing....

The Psychology of Stranger Shaming
- 29th January 2015
- Aaron Balick
- ArchivePsychology of Social Media
Novel words to describe new activities appear to be propagating at least as quickly as the new-fangled technologies that are responsible for...
Googleheads, Buzzfeed Boffins, and Mobile Mad: information, technology, and us
- 12th December 2014
- Aaron Balick
- ArchivePsychology of Social Media
There are just a few weeks left in 2014, so perhaps it’s a good time to pause and think about ourselves...