Prime Time RTE 1 | Dating apps
Prime Time | Online dating apps How successful are dating apps and what are the dangers that lurk within? You can see the show here and the Dating apps segments starts at 16 minutes – the segment is available online until Thursday December 6th 2018.
read moreEU Cyber Summit talk & panel
I was invited to give a talk and take part in a panel discussion at the EU Cyber Summit in the Helix, DCU, on October 24th. I shared some lessons from cyberpsychology on why do we fall for online scams. Scammers manipulate basic human motivations, they utilise powerful principles of persuasion, and they take advantage of the fact that computer mediated communication changes how we communicate, and shifts our attention. I also took part in a panel discussion taking a look at the problem of fake news and the impact it is having on democracy, and...
read morePrime Time RTE 1 | Sextortion
Prime Time | Sextortion and Shame People are falling for online scams where they are tricked into believing the scammers are interested in a relationship, but are actually being manipulated into exposing themselves in intimate pictures so that they can be blackmailed. I spoke to journalist Fran McNulty from RTÉ Prime Time about the psychology of why people fall for these scams, about why they might engage in behaviour online that they wouldn’t offline, and why they should not feel ashamed of their behaviour. You can see the show here...
read moreIntroduction to Catfish at the IFI/Science Gallery
As part of the Science Gallery exhibition titled Fake, they partnered with the Irish Film Institute to curate a number of films around the theme of Fake. One of the chosen fils was Catfish. The film is credited with originating the term ‘catfishing’, which has seeped into the cultural vernacular, to denote fake social networking presences created for deceptive and mischievous purposes. I was asked to give an introduction to the film from a cyberpsychological perspective. I spoke about connecting online, deception, and why people might...
read moreA night with the Media + Entertainment Psychology Lab at Banter
The UCD Media + Entertainment Psychology Lab joined Banter again for a public panel discussion on “media is everywhere, but what do we get out of it?”. We talked about music, television, film, books, online dating, how we perceive emotion and story telling and a lot more. We got plenty of audience engagement and questions! More about the event here.
read moreCyberpsychology and Society Current Perspectives
Cyberpsychology and Society Current Perspectives is a collection of research studies in the area of Cyberpsychology, all based on the major research projects undertaken by students of the MSc Cyberpsychology in IADT. I supervised five of the graduates who contributed their thesis project work to the book. You can buy or find out more abut the book here.
read morePat Kenny on Newstalk
Pat Kenny on Newstalk | “Ask the expert” about online dating I was invited to do an Ask the Expert slot on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk 106. I took listeners questions about online dating and answered based on the latest research we have in the field. Listen to the full piece here. You can watch a shorter clip of the piece on video...
read moreUCD Psychology of Media Entertainment Lab talk to Banter at Beatyard 2017
UCD Psychology of Media Entertainment Lab (I am an associate of the lab!) return with more examples of and experiments in how we engage, interact and behave in our everyday lives with technology, media, art and fiction. We had a panel discussion at the festival with lots of audience engagement.
read moreThe Six O’Clock Show on TV3
The Six O’Clock Show on TV3 | My research in online dating I was invited on the the Six O’Clock show sofa to talk about my research in online dating. You can see my appearance on the show here – from about 25 minutes into the programme.
read morePat Kenny on Newstalk
Pat Kenny on Newstalk | Online dating, trust and risk I chatted to Pat Kenny on Newstalk about the rise of online dating and Tinder in Ireland, as well as the risks that are involved and why they happen. Listen to it here.
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