Significance of cyber psychology

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Abstract

Cyber psychology refers to as a study of human mind and behavior in the context of internet usage, the study of this kind of psychology is very important in dealing with cyber related problems and the research in cyberspace gives us much information that can be used for enhancing better online working environment. It is a relatively new field which deals with a study of human behavior while working with the internet. There is a number of scope under cyber psychology which deals with various cyber related advantages and disadvantages. This paper explains a different aspect of cyber psychology  and its application in various fields and it gives an insight into the significance of internet psychology.

Keywords; cyber psychology, human behavior, online environment, significance,

Introduction

Cyber psychology is completely a new field among the scope of psychology. It is also called internet or web psychology. It aims to understand how human interact with cutting-edge technology. It also refers to a study of human mind and behavior in terms of interaction with emerging technology. It is such a new field of research which has paid attention to psychological views related to the usage of technology in the modern world. Cyber psychology plays a very vital role in all subject domains such as research, education, media, medical, and online therapy. By which it mainly focuses on how technology is influencing human behavior while using the internet and how technology changes the lifestyle of humans. It also tries to understand how digital technology has an impact on human day-to-day activities.

Significance

In the modern era more and more people are appealing towards and embracing the virtual technology of the world, due to this constant digital presence influencing lifestyle modification and change in the minds of millions of youngsters. As the average amount of time spent on virtual world increases rapidly cyber related crime has also been reaching its dangerous level, in this context cyber psychology has become an inevitable field in dealing with cyber related merits and demerits. Due to availability of internet all across the world presently youngsters are spending much time on online chatting, trying to establish unwanted relationships with unknown people, form a group using various online platforms. This appetite for long hours spent online is paving the way for several psychological problems related to mental health and behavior.

The Internet has both positive and negative roles in human activities. It gives a lot of good news and inappropriate content simultaneously. When youngsters use it as a good purpose it shall enlighten their lives. Unless used properly in terms of collecting and searching data, it will deter their progress and dispel their scop of the future. Hence, cyber psychology plays an important role in dealing with the betterment of youngster future

The Internet has been a boon for many IT professionals, now invariably all departments on file disposal and processing are transformed from traditional paper to paperless virtual environment, In this context virtual world has both positive and negative aspects in which people have to face both sides at the same time . Here cyber psychology plays a very important role in giving guidance as to how to tackle a problem and bring desirable outcomes. In coping up with many kinds of difficult situations cyber psychology comes in handy with addressing the problems and enhancing a better working environment it does so by analyzing, researching individual behaviour and human thought processes and providing effective solutions for optimum outcome.

These days people look up to the internet as savior, friend and derive a lot of pleasure while using cyberspace, as it act as a complete platform for internet users which allow them to express their thoughts and feelings. The ease of use and navigation has made the virtual world constantly hooked up by millions of people at the same time and let them upload and download their contents, communicate with each other, create their profile, avail various facilities. Whereby helps them makes their decision while siting at home, all these processes has become a boon for many people and a curse for some people.

Importance of  cyber psychology

1. Overuse of the internet is leading to problems like sleep disorder, anxiety disorder, eating disorder, feeling upset, a feeling of negativity, depression and overall health problems. Hence to help with this problem cyberpsychology plays a pertinent role in providing counseling and solving day to day cyber problems, it makes relevant in the field of modern era.

2. In extreme cases patients need cyberpsychologist to give prompt treatment for mental health. The opinion from psychologist may pave the way to get out of the mild and severe mental illness. All the people, teachers, parents should be aware of cyperpsvchology in getting solutions to their problems.

3. When humans interact with cyber technology, he or she has to confront many psychological problems. CP helps better learning experience.

4. IN the research field, CP (cyber psychology) causes problems and gives solutions. CP engage the study of human attitude when it comes in touch with  virtual technology and how behavior changes in an online world.

This research may give answers for the following questions.

·       Why do people’s behavior vary from person to person?

·       What are the factors affecting our virtual working behavior?

·       What are the factors behind the internet addiction?

·       What technological factors help in successful use of the internet?

5. Cyber bullying

Most probably the children are vulnerable sections of society in which children tend to be easily affected by cyber threats. Hence,  it is parents responsibility who take care of their children, parents have to watch their children especially when they are online. Research shows that many people have been addicted to online chatting, and games that they find struggle to get out of these habits. Very frequently unwanted pop up on screen led the children to inappropriate sites, in these platforms children are being threatened by anti-social elements and make their lives ended in vain, this could be avoided by popper monitoring of children and keep them away from online bullying , here cyber psychology helps in parenting such as solve a problem in terms of what content is appropriate or inappropriate for their age.

6. Investigate and study how technology impacts the manner in which people behave differently, complete analysis of individual behavior gives solutions to the online emerging problems.

7. Cyber psychology uses artificial intelligence and virtual realities to study human cognition, behavior and communication. It tries to mitigate such psychological problems and give solutions for a better working environment. AI and VR allow CP for optimum utilization of technology in understanding human behavior towards the online world.

8. Online therapy has now become a very useful tool for remote end users. Those who cannot reach the place directly can get online therapy in terms of internet addiction. Using frontline technology like AI and VR  find out the factors behind the problem and give solutions to the mild mental illness. However, it cannot be used for severe mental problems. AI and VR technology scientifically proven to be an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and fear of hight. Virtual therapy conducted on the basis of two methods, one is. One on one (direct face-to-face communication) and  Second is internet (psychologist communicate with a client through video chat like Skype and WhatsApp)

9. CP researches how social media influences human behavior and changes his mode of life. CP is interested in harnessing the power of technology to improve the manner in which people learn, and it allows as to how virtual learning impacts the students’ understanding. Social media like facebook, WhatsApp, twitter etc. people engage in these platforms compare and comment with each other certainly that will lead to depression, social isolation, negative relationship, divorce and a feeling of missing out. All these negative factors can be prevented by knowing different aspect of cyber psychology.

10. CP helps in developing better software application by researching user friendly approaches. Psychologist in cooperation with application developer gives better working experience for software user.

11. It informs the public of technological dangers like cyber bullying, hacking information, internet addiction, and online cheating.

·       It works to improve human and technology interaction.

·       Enhance human positive behavior.

·       Facilitate positive social communication.

The scope of cyber psychology includes.

·       Social networking (media, YouTube, google, WhatsApp, factbook etc)

·       Virtual behavior (function of human mind and body)

·       Blogging behavior (articles on websites)

·       Mobile device behavior (dealing with various online platforms)

·       Computer games (3D games, internet addiction)

·       E health consultation (online opinion from physician)

·       E commerce (online trading)

·       Online shopping (selling and buying0

·       Rehabilitation (recovery through virtual therapy)

Conclusion

Recently a lot of problems are arising during this Covid 19 pandemic situation all across the world especially in Tamilnadu, evidence shows that complaints from different parts of state the main reason for family internal conflicts are due to mobile phone usage has increased which led to the online addiction. This kind of problem could be solved by engaging cyber psychology as a part of online platforms, This article strongly recommends that inclusion of CP in all across the online platforms and that will minimize the cyber related problems. As cyber psychology relatively new field of psychology, a lot of research needs to be done on this area so that new findings could be the solution for present cyber issues.

References

1.              Amarjit Kumar Singh and Pawan Kumar Singh. "Ongoing Trends, Current Research in Cyberpsychology: a writing survey" Library Philosophy and Practice (e-diary) Iss. 2656 (2019) p. 1 - 19 ISSN: 1522-02222.     

2.              Brinson, Nancy and Eastin, Matthew. (2016). Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 10. Article 7. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace

3.              The ascent of digital brain research (n.d0. recovered from. https://online.king.edu/news/cyberpsychology/

4.              7 reasons why you ought to learn cyberpsychology now! (n.d0 recovered from. http://cyberpsychology.in/cyberpsychology

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