Net Behaviour

Covid-19: The psychology behind what makes contact-tracing apps effective

There are four key groups of app users, including conditional co-operators and free riders.

Stefan Volk, The Conversation
· Apr 26, 2020 · 11:30 pm
What’s scarier than Uber and other apps collecting customer data? Using it to influence behaviour

The biggest digital platforms are collecting so much data that they already have the capability to manipulate their users on a grand scale.

Todd Haugh, The Conversation
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Abbey Stemler, The Conversation
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Joshua E Perry, The Conversation
· May 13, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Watch: Checking your social media obsessively is a biological impulse, says this theory

In two words: unexpected rewards.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 30, 2016 · 04:00 pm

Cyberbullying: a virtual menace takes its toll on college students

Monica Lewinsky has given a name to her harassment 17 years ago: cyberbullying. New research shows just how widespread it is.

Ellen Selkie, The Conversation
· Apr 10, 2015 · 06:15 am