Insights on Digital Wellbeing, AI Ethics and the Psychology of Technology
Cyberpsychology Basics
Clear, accessible explanations of core concepts in the psychology of technology, from phubbing to grief bots, digital wellbeing to leadership in a time of AI. These posts are starting points that are grounded in research and the overall landscape of what’s happening in cyberpsychology, written for anyone who wants to understand how digital life affects the way we think, feel, work, and relate.
Thought Leadership
Deeper dives into the questions shaping our digital future. These pieces draw on my clinical experience, academic research and cultural commentary to examine what's happening at the intersection of AI, human psychology and society.
- AI ethics
- digital wellbeing
- cyberpsychology
- technology and relationships
- ChatGPT
- chatbots
- digital afterlife
- AI chatbots
- mental health
- AI companions
- AI therapy
- anthropomorphisation
- platformisation
- screentime
- AI
- emotional regulation
- AI relationships
- mental health technology
- griefbots
- ELIZA effect
- human agency
- LLM
- computer-human interaction
- doomscrolling
- agentic AI
- therapeutic alliance
- therapeutic relationship
- digitalwellbeing
- grief bots
- technology ethics
- human behaviour
- Digital ethics
Therapy without a Therapist: Are Therapy Bots Good for Us?
They're available at 3am, they never judge, and they’re incapable of caring about you. A cyberpsychologist’s take on what we stand to gain and lose from therapy bots.
Doomscrolling: Definition, Impact, and How to Stop
The algorithms feed your distress because your anxiety is profitable. You're not weak for doomscrolling; you're a victim of deliberate design. A cyberpsychologist on how to reclaim your attention.
Digital Wellbeing: How to Use Technology Without Losing Yourself
The tech industry and the wellness industry both want your business. One wants you always on. The other's selling disconnection and detox. The main loser in this tug of war is you. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on how to take back control.
Sharenting Explained: How Sharing Online Shapes Children's Privacy and Trust
Every photo you post of your child is training data for a future you can't predict. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on sharenting, children's digital rights, and why the stakes are now high.
Phubbing: Your Phone is the Third Wheel in Your Relationship
You’re a nice person. You wouldn’t invite someone to dinner and ignore them all evening. But your phone might be doing it for you.. Phubbing — phone snubbing — can erode the closest relationships.
The Platformisation of Grief: Why the Commodification of Loss Matters
Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket traces the path from séances to griefbots, and asks what we risk when we use technology to try to eliminate grief.
The Gold Digger in Your Phone: Why AI Relationships are Corporate Romance Scams
Why aren't we talking about who profits from AI relationships? Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket examines the economics of emotional exploitation.
ChatGPT is Coming for Your Soul: How AI Affects Thought
ChatGPT is affecting your cognition. But it may be taking something deeper: the craft of thinking itself, and perhaps your soul.
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