
Explore the basics of cyber psychology, its benefits and drawbacks on digital platforms, learn from true stories, and stay smart and safe online while analyzing trends.
Explore how internet and cyber environments shape thoughts, emotions, actions, and motivations, and learn to regulate emotions for ethical, mindful internet use.
Shows how a single social media post raises awareness and funds for a lower-income couple's food joint, goes viral worldwide, and demonstrates the power of virtual platforms to drive change.
Tanmay's psychological analysis explores how the drive to earn money can lead to misuse of personal information, often unconsciously, and stresses ethics in real and virtual life.
Explore how being human and being celebrity intersect, examining the display of being a good human versus being a celebrity, along with mental well-being, trolling, and reputational pressures.
A case study on a 14-year-old who was sexually harassed by a close acquaintance, leading to clinical depression, presented by Tanmay as Dixit.
Learn how being assertive and responsible about oneself encourages speaking up and sharing with others, modeling how to respond to inappropriate events and express oneself.
Explore how digital addiction and the pressure to be famous drive fake personas online, and learn to verify posts to prevent tragedies on social media.
Examine digital suicide as addiction in the virtual world, where fame and fake personas heighten pressure and fear of judgment; emphasize emotional support, caution, and verifying information.
A case study in cyber psychology analyzes how social media reflects inner workings, urging conscious posting, commenting, and liking, with family support needed for extreme negative emotions through timely counselling.
Avoid displaying your problems on a virtual platform; seek real help and speak to someone trustworthy, and stay observant of close people's behavior, reporting anything suspicious to provide help.
Explores how addiction to online gaming led Tanmay Dikshit to kill his elder sister and his parents, in the context of the pubg ban and illegal crack versions.
Explore internet gaming disorder as an excessive-use condition linked to adolescent identity and affiliation needs, with DSM-5 recognizing it as a potential disorder and concerns about real-life relationships.
Learn to mitigate addiction in digital use by enforcing strong passwords on gadgets, monitoring young users' activities, and restricting downloads to verified apps and safety zone tools.
Explore how social media shapes self-concept and relationships, highlighting how overexposure affects openness, agreeableness, assertiveness, and aggression, with case insights on Facebook and messaging apps.
Explore how manipulated stories from photos fuel mental harassment in case five description two, showing a man stalking an ex-lover to track her activities and location for blackmail.
Never post personal photos to others, even if you know them, or add unknown people, and tighten privacy settings while reducing social media addiction to foster meaningful connections.
Explore how online shopping traps fuel anxiety and FOMO, driving reactive purchases and high impulsivity as consumers chase cheaper prices and risk scams.
Analyze how fake agencies use compliance techniques and monetary rewards to condition users to reveal email, password, OTP, and card details, echoing the idea that happiness comes from enjoying less.
Practice safe online transactions by using verified, secure apps with active tracking, avoid unverified sites, and cultivate physical activity to reduce fomo and impulsivity.
Examine how the urge to earn money drives both dedication and illegal shortcuts, and how neurotic, anxious, and impulsive traits fuel online misconduct and social media addiction.
Examine psychological analysis of decision making and behavioral economics to understand money earning, spending, and saving habits, focusing on youth's cautious approach to sources and usage.
Verify every downloaded app on any device, use apps only when needed, and pre-select permissions to avoid traps; ensure age-eligible use and weigh long-term consequences over short-term gains.
Present a case where a CCTV footage from Maharashtra shows a young boy falling into a manhole despite warning signs, due to mobile phone distraction.
Examine how antidepressants' side effects and heavy internet pornography use reshape sexual stimulation and partnered activity, explore adolescent neural development, and promote ethical, appropriate sex education.
Discusses takeaways from a pornography addiction case, emphasizing that children should not receive gadgets without adult supervision, maintain a child lock screen, and prioritize parental monitoring to prevent cybercrime.
Today the virtual platform has been an important platform, where we can engage ourselves and others and gain benefits. Whatever we plan or decide, we always need a platform via which we can reach a mass population which has no geographical boundaries. In this book, which gives a brief idea about the advantages and disadvantages about the cyber world, we are trying out our best to contribute towards the society and aim to touch the lives of population by sharing our work and thoughts related to digital platforms, its benefits and drawbacks in which cyber-crime and cyber psychology has been combined. We are inspired by the true stories & events happening in our society and we are immensely encouraged to put forth our thought process & aiming for positive changes
Cyberpsychology is the study of the human mind and behavior and how the culture of technology, specifically, virtual reality, and social media affect them Mainstream research studies focus on the effect of the Internet and cyberspace on the psychology of individuals and groups. Some hot topics include: online identity, online relationships, personality types in cyberspace, transference to computers, addiction to computers and Internet, regressive behavior in cyberspace, online gender-switching, etc. While much research in this field is based around Internet usage, cyberpsychology also includes the study of the psychological ramifications of cyborgs, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.
Media Psychology is an emerging specialty and the Society for Media Psychology and Technology of the American Psychological Association, i.e., APA division 46 includes many cyber-psychologists among its members