The following links offer other thoughts on new media and cognition:
Research Initiatives and Publications:
At Caltech
At Stanford University
At Boston University
E-Journal of New Media in Neural and Cognitive Science and Education
- Researcher Dr. Gary Small The author of the book "iBrain," Dr. Small has done research on the rewiring of our brains from technology, including the finding that web surfing benefits elderly brains.
Cognitive Learning: New Media to Visualize Human Anatomy
TED Talks
New Media, Arts, and Creativity:
TED Talks
The Wired Brain and Society
Interpersonal and Intrapersonal New Media - Psychology/Psychiatry:
Young People and the Internet - Recent Research by the John D and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation:
- Credibility Issues This volume addresses these issues by considering credibility—the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message—in the contemporary media environment, with a particular emphasis on youth audiences and experiences.
- Digital Media and Civic Engagement This body of research "looks at politics and civic life from the standpoint new generations of young people who have grown up living substantial portions of their lives online: seeking entertainment, social relationships and expression. Even as it is clear that participation in online communities is important for most young people, it is less clear how, or how often, this translates into public voice or political participation."
- Video and online games as an ecosystem An exploration of video games, especially participatory and open-source games, as an environment where young people live, learn and lead.
- Innovative and Unexpected Uses of digital technology "This volume identifies core issues for further study concerning how young people’s use of digital media may lead to various innovations and unexpected outcomes, including a range of unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters."
- Race, Ethnicity and the Internet Does race matter on the internet? On social networking sites? In virtual reality?
- Coming of Age Online, Constructing an Identity "What does it mean to grow up as a young person in a world saturated with digital media? How are youth identities currently being defined, and redefined, through young people’s engagements with technology? What are the implications of these media for their experiences as learners, citizens and consumers, and as members of broader social groupings and communities?"
Education and the Internet:
- What Works Clearinghouse A site run by the U.S. Department of Education that aims to be "a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education." It lists some recent studies of software that has, or has not, been successful in the classroom.
- Doing What Works A site run by the Office of Planning, Evaluation & Policy Development (OPEPD) at the U.S. Department of Education. A lot of it is tutorials and advice for teachers, but some of it is helpful at looking at what teaching practices involving new media and digital technologies have been effective.
Journalists on the Subject of Digital Media:
Internet Addiction
- Bakken, Inger Johanne, Hanne Gro Wenzel, K. Gunnar Gotestam, Agneta Johansson, and Anita Oren. "Internet Addiction among Norwegian Adults: A Stratified Probability Sample Study." Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (2008): 1-7. Google Scholar. 29 Nov. 2008.
- Block, Jerald J. "Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction." Editorial. The American Journal of Psychiatry 3 Mar. 2008: 306-07. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 3 Mar. 2008. 27 Nov. 2008 <http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/search?sortspec=relevance&journalcode=ajp&fulltext=jerald+block>.
- Cao, F., and L. Su. "Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: Prevalence and Psychological Features." Child: Care, Health and Development 33 (2006): 275-81. Wiley Interscience. 5 Dec. 2006. 27 Nov. 2008 <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118486640/abstract?cretry=1&sretry=0>.
- Chee, Florence, and Robert Smith. "Is Electronic Community and Addictive Substance?" University of Utrecht, Level Up Conference Proceedings, 4-6 Nov. 2003, Utrecht, Netherlands. Digital Games Research Association. 27 Nov. 2008 <http://www.digra.org/dl/order_by_author?publication=level%20up%20conference%20proceedings>.
- Erdogan, Yavuz. "Exploring the Relationships among Internet Usage, Internet Attitudes and Loneliness of Turkish Adolescents." Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 4th ser. 2 (2008): 1-9. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Greenbaum, Yoni. "Seven Psychological Complaints of Bloggers and Social Media Addicts." Weblog post. Online Journalism Blog. 28 Apr. 2008. 10 Oct. 2008 <http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/04/28/seven-psychological-complaints-of-bloggers-and-social-media-addicts/>.
- Ha, Jee Hyun, Su Yeon Kim, Soojeong C. Bae, Sujin Bae, Hyungjun Kim, Minyoung Sim, In Kyoon Lyoo, and Soo Churl Cho. "Depression and Internet Addiction in Adolescents." Psychopathology 40 (2007): 424-30. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Johansson, Agneta, and K. Gunnar Gotestam. "Internet Addiction: Characteristics of a Questionnaire and Prevalence in Norwegian Youth (12-18 years)." Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 45 (2004): 223-29. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Kim, Kyunghee, Eunjung Ryu, Mi-Young Chon, Eu-Ja Yeun, So-oung Choi, Jeong-Seok Seo, and Bum-Woo Nam. "Internet Addiction in Korean Adolescents and its Relation to Depression and Suicidal Ideation: A Questionnaire Survey." International Journal of Nursing Studies (2006): 185-92. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Lin, Sunny S. J., and Chin-Chung Tsai. "Sensation Seeking and Internet Dependence of Taiwanese High School Adolescents." Computers in Human Behavior 18 (2002): 411-26. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Seay, A. Fleming, William J. Jerome, Kevin Sang Lee, and Robert E. Kraut. Project Massive: A Study of Online Gaming Communities. Google Scholar. Vers. CHI 2004: Late Breaking Results Paper, 24-29 Vienna, Austria.
- Whang, Leo Sang-Min. "Online Game Dynamics in Korea Society: Experiences and Lifestyles in the Online Game World." Korea Journal 43 (2003): 7-34. Korea Journal. Autumn 2003. <http://www.ekoreajournal.net/index.jsp>.
- Yang, Chang-Kook. "Sociopsychiatric Characteristics of Adolescents Who Use Computers to Excess." Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 104 (2001): 217-22. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Yen, Ju-Yu, Chih-Hung Ko, Cheng-Fang Yen, Hsiu-Yueh Wu, and Ming-Jen Yang. "The Comorbid Psychiatric Symptoms of Internet Addiction: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression, and Social Phobia and Hostility." Journal of Adolescent Health 41 (2007): 93-98. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Yoo, Hee Jeong, Soo Churl Cho, Jihyun Ha, Sook Kyung Yune, Seog Ju Kim, Jaeuk Hwang, Ain Chung, Young Hoon Sung, and In Kyoon Lyoo. "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Symptoms and Internet Addiction." Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 58 (2004): 487-94. Google Scholar. 27 Nov. 2008.
- Young, Kimberly S., and Robert C. Rodgers. "The Relationship between Depression and Internet Addiction." CyberPsychology & Behavior 1 (1998): 25-28. Google Scholar. 17 Nov. 2008.
- Young, Kimberly S. "Internet Addiction: The Emergence of a New Clinical Disorder." CyberPsychology & Behavior 1 (1996): 237-44. Google Scholar. 17 Nov. 2008.
- Young, Kimberly S. "Psychology of Computer Use - XL. Addictive Use of the Internet: A Case that Breaks the Stereotype." Psychological Reports 79 (1996): 899-902. Google Scholar. 17 Nov. 2008.
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