Computer scientists at the University of Southampton are using social networking tools to explore if individuals can enhance their personal and social wellbeing over time if they quickly share how they feel about issues such as their busyness, enjoyment, health and stress via these networks. [continue reading…]
Communication
With Valentines day just around the corner Japanese men are gathering in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo to yell their affection.
Source: The Telegraph
In this months Psychobabble newsletter psychologist Dr. Peter Williamson, discusses the stress that money and financial issues can place on relationships
Link to read:How to avoid marriage meltdown in tough economic times
Instant messaging. Blogs. Wikis. Social networking sites. Cell phones. All of these allow us to communicate with each other”wherever, whenever. Many people speculate that online and mobile technologies have widely impacted written language, especially that of teenagers and young adults. Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University, says that surprisingly, this probably isn”t so.
“Technologies such as email, instant messaging and text messaging arena sounding the death knell for written language as we know it, Baron said. In fact, studies in the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden all report that teenagers have a rather clear understanding that ˜school writing is different from the messages they send to friends. [continue reading…]
