A recent and interesting article to come out of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a brief discussion of the possibilities of using social networking sites, such as MySpace, as counselings tool to engage adolescent clients.
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Psychology
Recent research from psychologists Joseph Cesario and Tory Higgins equips us with a new implement to add to our persuasive arsenal: context-dependent nonverbal communication. According to these researchers, the context in which one uses certain forms of nonverbal communication can be just as important as the type of communication used.
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Emotions make social networks meaningful
by Andy DeSoto on June 9, 2008
A few minutes ago I sat down at my computer, opened my browser, loaded Plurk, and planned to write a short update about how I wasn’t feeling particularly cheery at that moment. But then I paused. “Wait a minute, Andy,” I thought, “is this the place to be getting personal? Is Plurk the vehicle to be getting detailed about why I haven’t had a great evening?” I shook my head, decided against it, and posted to Pownce instead.
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