In: Psychology of Social Media

Checking your smartphone again? It’s an object of emotional supply

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

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

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

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

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

There are just a few weeks left in 2014, so perhaps it’s a good time to pause and think about ourselves...