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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 5h

Technology shapes our lives, so understanding the human side of Cybersecurity has never been more important. #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth highlights the real-world applications and impact of #Cyberpsychology - helping us build safer digital spaces, not just through passwords, but through people 🔐

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

💬 “The digital world can help or harm. Its greatest risk is shutting out people who are already excluded. It is important that Cyberpsychology finds out how being left out of technology affects how people think, feel, and act."

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

Darrens' work also focuses on digital risk, gatekeeping and control and building digital resilience and skills. He is passionate about challenging the exclusion of groups within society from the digital world. He spends much of his spare time playing action RPG games 🎮

#Cyberpsychology #digitalrisk

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

...and also working on the IncludeAge project (includeage.co.uk) working with older adults with intellectual disabilities including people who identify as LGBT+ gathering their experiences of inclusion and exclusion in offline places and online spaces 🌈📱🌐

#LGBTQ+ #inclusion #onlinewellbeing

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

He is currently running the Our Digital Health project (ourdigitalhealth.com) focusing on the digital wellbeing and inclusion of adults with intellectual disabilities

#onlinewellbeing #wellbeing #Cyberpsychology

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

Darren is a professor of applied social and community psychology with a focus on the wellbeing and inclusion both online and offline of people intellectual disabilities...

#Accessibility #inclusion #inclusiononline #onlinewellbeing

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Professor Darren Chadwick who serves as a member of the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee. He supports the section committee around the conference and cyber bulletin.

#Cyberpsychology

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 2d

💬 “Video games have such a profound potential to do good, and I think we as cyberpsychologists play a key role in exploring that, and holding game companies accountable to do good”

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 2d

Bethany is a PhD researcher at Edge Hill University, exploring the intersection between digital gaming and gender, considering how gamer identity is constructed, expressed and salient across gaming contexts 🎮 She is also an assistant lecturer at Arden University.

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 2d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Bethany Thomas (she/her) who is one of our student representatives (PG), part of our Social/communications and Cyber Bulletin team on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee 🎓

@brthomas.bsky.social

#Cyberpsychology #videogames #gamers #identity

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 2d

💬 “Video games have such a profound potential to do good, and I think we as cyberpsychologists play a key role in exploring that, and holding game companies accountable to do good”

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 2d

Bethany is a PhD researcher at Edge Hill University, exploring the intersection between digital gaming and gender, considering how gamer identity is constructed, expressed and salient across gaming contexts 🎮 She is also an assistant lecturer at Arden University.

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 5d

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay so we're taking a moment to reflect - mental health affects us all, and taking care of it is something we can support together 💙🌍

💬 Find support: Samaritans - 116 123 | Mind - www.mind.org.uk

🔗 Resources from the Mental Health Foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 8d

💬 “We do not just use technology - we experience it, interact with it, and shape it. Cyberpsychology gives us the tools to understand technology as a lived, relational experience, which I think is really important in an increasingly digital world.”

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 8d

Raul is currently finalising his PhD at the University of Surrey, where he explores how VR can be used to reduce mental illness stigma among healthcare students. Alongside his PhD, Raul has contributed to teaching on the MSc Psychology of Game Design and Digital Innovation programme.

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 8d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Raul Székely (he/him), @raulszekely.bsky.social who is one of the postgraduate student reps for careers outreach and industry, and a member of our Cyber Bulletin team, within the BPS Cyberpsychology Section 🎓

#Cyberpsychology #VR #appliedpsychology

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 9d

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 9d

💬 “For me Cyberpsychology embraces such a variety of different fields and expertise that it is fascinating to explore it! It is another lens through which we can look at and understand human behaviour.”

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 9d

Sofia is a Lecturer at the University of Buckingham and her research focuses on exploring the different positive effects of technology- e.g., in social human-robot interactions, with AI, in gaming, etc. 🤖 🎮

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 9d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Dr. Sofia Petisca, who is part of the Conference Organisation Team on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee. She helps organising the conference each year!

#Cyberpsychology #socialrobots #AI #gaming #HRI #humanrobotinteraction #appliedpsychology

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 13d

💬 “It's a real honour to be on the Section committee to continue to champion cyberpsychology and the opportunities it can bring.” - @lindakkaye.bsky.social 🌟

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 13d

Linda's role on the committee is to raise the visibility of cyberpsychology both within education and within businesses and industry, to build better literacy and opportunities around cyberpsychologically-informed careers.

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 13d

Linda's research explores psychological processing of emoji 🌟😁👋, as well as understanding more about different types of social media behaviour. She also is interested in applying her insights into the psychology of technology acceptance to support digital health adoption and innovation.