Internet Psychologist
The latest articles from Internet Psychologist and Business Academic, Graham Jones
Which profession scores pretty low in terms of trust measurements? Politicians, certainly, journalists, often, but these days it’s a pretty safe bet to say that bankers are the bottom of the heap. Everywhere you look there is criticism of those champagne swilling, bonus grabbing toffs from Wall Street or the …
Advertising is rarely looked at or clicked on; indeed most people ignore it. But when it does work best is when it is local not global.
It is over 18 months since The Times set up its paywall, requiring people to pay to read its online news, rather then get it free. At the time there was a huge controversy with many other newspapers crying it would never work. But the owner of The Times, Rupert …
The sad death of Frank Carson, one of the UK’s best-loved comedians has brought about a wealth of tributes today from many people in the entertainment world. By all accounts not only was he a funny man, but a genuinely nice man. Indeed, he was so well thought-of that Pope …
Sitting back further from the screen can help your potential customers make the right decision to buy from you. Physical distance changes buying decisions.
Twitter can do a lot of things – but now it can even make tea…! Poorly Coronation Street actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays Hayley Cropper, who managed to haul herself from her sick-bed yesterday afternoon to walk the dog and pick up the kids obviously had to return to bed …
The dream of Sir Tim Berners-Lee is to have a World Wide Web that is “free and open” and which extends its “benefits to all people on the planet”. It is a dream which means everyone benefits from being connected, learning from each other and sharing in that new-found knowledge. …
People are more honest online than they are in the real world. New research compares online profiles on LinkedIn with printed résumés.
Search engines tell us that only the first few results get clicked on. That is not true; people look through several pages of search results
Today, all across the Internet there will be messages of love. From Tweets to status updates on Facebook and cryptic messages on YouTube there will be an outpouring of affection on the web. There will also be hundreds of millions of text messages sent out saying something simple like “I …
Facebook engages its visitors better than other websites according to a new study. But the research reveals how you can take on Facebook.
Online survey tool choice may not be worth worrying about to gain maximum participation in surveys. Your reputation is more important.
Retailers are missing out on potential sales because they are not offering free, in-store Wi-Fi. People buy more if they get free Wi-Fi.
Charles Dickens was born 200 years ahead of his time. Today the world celebrates his birth back in 1812 when the notion of the World Wide Web would have been science fiction. But had Dickens been around today there is little doubt he would have loved the Internet, would have …
Social media can lead to significant urges to use it and new research says these can be more significant than the desire to smoke or drink. The urge to use media of all kinds is a real problem it seems.