Frontiers in Cyberpsychology: The Influences of Internet and Online Applications in Daily Life
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 93263
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cyber-psychology and behaviors; social development; mental health; social network site; body image and eating behaviors; problematic internet use; positive psychology; information technology and family system; perception and interaction with AI
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Interests: psychology of internet behavior; social psychology and development; mental health and art therapy
Interests: parenting, children and adolescent social development; cyberpsychology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In current information technology, Internet and various online applications has been more and more popular. According to the report by the Internet World Stats, by the March 31, 2021, the number of the Internet users throughout the World has reached 5.17 billion, accounting for 65.6% of the population in the World. They provide numerous conveniences to people’s live in many aspects, such as online communication, learning, entertainment and shopping. To some extent, Internet and various online applications have been an indispensable part in our daily lives. Under this background, the influences of Internet and online applications on users’ adaptation has been a focus of researcher, and some important findings has been achieved. However, previous studies mainly focused on some prominent negative phenomenon, such as excessive or problematic Internet use (or defined as Internet addiction). When taking into account the important role and various functions of Internet in our daily life, especially the fact that we couldn’t live without Internet, it’s of great significance to examine the people’ regular use in daily life (this is normal for most users), how to balance the Internet and real life, and the new functions and applications of Internet (e.g., short video applications and live-streaming). This special issue aimed to focus on these issues, research on regular Internet and online applications use (for example, social media, short video applications and live-streaming, online game, online communication, and online learning), from multi-disciplinary perspective and with various methods, are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Gengfeng Niu
Prof. Dr. Xiaoli Ni
Prof. Dr. Xiaochun Xie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cyberpsychology and behavior
- internet
- online application (social media, short video applications, and live-streaming)
- online game
- online communication
- daily life
- adaptation
- health
- well-being
