You can’t mistake our cyberpsychology with Elaine Burke and Jenny Darmody

We talked about the mental and emotional effects of technology use across a broad range of areas

You’ve probably received a voice note before - but why do people use them, love them, or hate them?

I sat down to chat with Liadan Hynes for her podcast, How to Fall Apart, about finding love online.

I spoke on Ireland AM about whether texting anxiety is a disorder at all, and about how the differences in online communication could result in miscommunication or misinterpretation.

Aoife Grace Moore and I appeared on Ireland AM exploring the realities of online trolling for victims, and why trolls engage in toxic behaviour online. Aoife’s podcast Trolled was released on Outcaster and interviewed victims of trolls and me to help understand it better.

Journalist Aoife Moore looked into the darkest corners of the internet to try understand why people troll, and the effect it has on victims of trolling. She interviewed me in the second episode of the podcast to understand the psychology behind it.

In this podcast I speak to Trina and Sarah about the trials and tribulations of online dating and much more. We talk about the rise in misogyny and Incels (involuntary celibates), cat fishing, kitten fishing, the negative impact social media can have on women and we discuss the merits of legislating against children having a smartphone under a certain age.

I chatted to Mairéad Loughman of LoveHQ.ie for her podcast Would Like to Meet, about the psychology of online dating.

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

With online dating so popular, new language and terms have been created to explain new situations people find themselves in now. On Word of Mouth, I talked to Michael Rosen about the language of internet romance. If you want to know what it means to be ghosted, catfished or breadcrumbed then this is for you.

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…

The Ways We Know Ourselves and Others Online

Dr Catherine Talbot (Bournemouth University) and I spoke with Rikke Amundsen from the University of York about how the image we choose to convey of ourselves in online environments is complex and may change in different contexts.

I spoke to Peter McGuire for a piece in the Irish Times about why we get tired after long video calls, and what we can do to help prevent it…

Prime Time reporter Conor Wilson investigated the effects of the pandemic on single people seeking love, and couple in relationships. I contributed to the piece on what online dating looks…

I worked with Webwise.ie, the ISPCC and the Department of Justice for Safer Internet Day 2021. I delivered a webinar as part of the #BeKindOnline campaign on Safer Internet Day,…

RTÉ journalist Brian O’Connell developed a piece for the Today with Claire Byrne show on online harassment. It included interviews with Linda Hayden from the Victim’s Alliance and the model…

I took Dr. Caroline West on a whirlwind tour of online dating – including my latest research on online dating in a pandemic. We also talked about catfishing, d*ick pics…

The ‘Becoming A Clown’ meme on Tiktok involves turning yourself into a clown in response to negative life events, while sharing those events with viewers. I talked to Griffin Wynn…

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…

Connecting online: How Cyberpsychology can help UX Designers create better connections. The Dublin UX Community gathered for Conflux 2017, organised by the UX meet-up groups Dublin UX, IxDAA Dublin, Dublin…