Empowering the next generation in the digital playground

A guide to helping parents understand their kids’ behaviour online - in social media, gaming and other areas. We covered cyberbullying, the effects of screen time, and the positives of gaming. The most important area we talked about is how to foster open conversations with your kids about their digital world.

Can we be addicted to our phones or social media? Or is it better to frame behaviour that isn’t serving us well as a bad habit? And how we we use our time online in more positive ways?

I chatted with Ed Cunningham for his podcast - A need to read. We talked about a range of cyberpsychology topics, from dating on Tinder, social media, technology use and mental health, to whether violent video games are actually related to school shootings.

I discuss how what we do online can affect us offline and the ongoing dangers of sophisticated scams.

I’m very proud to announce the launch of my audiobook on Audible. This series of ten lectures delves into the cyberpsychology of our online lives…

I was a guest on The Explainer, a weekly podcast from TheJournal.ie. We talked about the impacts (or lack thereof) of being online on our brains, our wellbeing, and on kids…

What did we learn amid unfounded fears about Momo? After the viral spread of the Momo Challenge in recent weeks, I talked to Mark O’Flynn in RTÉ about why it…