The Psychology of the Internet 20-3M-PIN

Information society
History of Internet
Beginnings of the information society concept
Definitions of information society
Classical thinkers and their perspectives (eg McLuhan, Turkle, Toffler in Poland: Goban-Klas, Krzysztofek)
Global village, hypertext, types of communication media
The advantages and disadvantages of life in the information society

Social processes on the Internet
Models explaining the behavior of Internet users
Group phenomena on the Internet
Trust on the Internet
Friendships on the Internet, interpersonal attractiveness
Anonymity effects

Identity and self-presentation on the Internet
No ASL effect
Multitożsamość
Multiple forms of I on the net
"Virtual" me
Types of identity
Image management on the web

Mediated communication, media attributes and virtual teams
Definition of virtual teams
Features of social interaction on the Internet
Grounding in communication - Clark & Brennan
Theories of communication attributes
The impact of individual attributes on the communication and efficiency of virtual teams
Language and netiquette in mediated communication

Internet addiction
Features of Internet addiction
statistics
Psychological effects of Internet addiction
The impact of using the Internet on social contacts
Effects of using social media: knowledge on 1 click, data security, cyberbullying

The role of the Internet in gaining knowledge - superficial information processing, opportunities and threats, generation of "short news"

Internet - information network, social networks
The concepts of graph, node and edge
The concepts of path, circle, link, network component and clustering
Small worlds phenomenon
Six degrees of separation
Social impact on the Internet, the dynamics of news spreading
Echo-chamber effect

New phenomena on the Internet - Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Effects
using social media
Internet of Things: genesis of the term and definitions, elimination of the so-called human error, M2M communication, practical applications, improvement of quality of life or constant monitoring?
Virtual reality: impact on cognitive processes, VR therapy, augmented reality