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Teaching Cyberpsychology: Today and Tomorrowстатья
- Автор: Voiskounsky A.
- Сборник: Proceedings, International Conference "Internet and Modern Society" (IMS-2021 June 24-26, 2021), ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Год издания: 2021
- Место издания: CEUR-WS Cham, Switzerland
- Первая страница: 169
- Последняя страница: 178
- Аннотация: Internet psychology, or cyberpsychology, while only rarely recognized as a special discipline within psychology, is nevertheless acquiring popularity among students; actual existence of this popularity is a good enough reason to start teaching cyberpsychology for those educationalists who are highly sensitive to the needs of knowledge consumers. Due to such a demand, over a dozen world-wide universities are suggesting programs aiming at learning and getting a degree (most often, Master’s) in cyberpsychology. It is more than likely that the number of such educational programs will be rapidly growing in the nearest future. Thus, the time has come to start discussions related to particular ways of teaching cyberpsychology first to psychology students, and probably second, to computer science students as well. The paper includes a brief review of the impact of digital technologies on human beings’ personality and cognitive processes. Diverse views on the likely risks related to such an impact are mentioned, as well as organizational measures targeted to lessen the risks. Among other points of view, the well-known Socrates’ argumentation is discussed: the ancient thinker believed that human memory loses a lot in its functioning with the advance of alphabet and writing. On the contrary, Vygotskian psychology states that sign systems such as alphabet, as well as much more sophisticated semiotic theories lead human mnestic mechanisms to enrichment and psychologically useful transformations. After it has been stated that the views on the usefulness of digital technologies for functioning of human brain and psychic processes are differing, it is once again concluded that the whole content related to cyberpsychology is highly actual. In fact the cyberpsychology classes are already taught in diverse universities; the pioneers are several Irish and British universities. A few universities in Russia have opened such programs as well. The currently available textbooks are briefly analyzed in the paper: particular positive provisions in these textbooks are discussed. Finally, public attention was drawn to the nonnumerous ways of teaching cyberpsychology at the bachelor’ and master’s levels.
- Добавил в систему: Войскунский Александр Евгеньевич