A Brief Talk on the Papers of Network Psychology —— Research and Prospect of Network Psychology
Abstract: With the wide application and development of the Internet, a new subject is quietly emerging. This paper attempts to explore the concept, characteristics, research objectives and development prospects of network psychology from the perspective of discipline system construction, with a view to reaching a consensus and promoting the development and theoretical construction of network psychology discipline system.
[Keywords:] network; Network psychology; future
Network psychology is an interdisciplinary subject that comprehensively uses computer network technology, psychological resources and means to study the application of psychology in virtual society and real society. As a combination of research methods and research contents, network is promoting the rise and development of a new discipline-network psychology.
First, the basic understanding of network psychology
The application and development of network has brought a new paradigm different from computer science. In the view of the network, the focus is not on the internal process of a computer, but on the information flow of the whole network. As a whole, the network has characteristics that every computer does not have, which reminds us of the famous saying of Gestalt: Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? . Therefore, this new paradigm will lead to the birth of network psychology, which compares human groups with computer networks and studies interpersonal communication psychology with the concept of network information exchange.
1. Definition of the concept of network psychology
From the perspective of academic research, the first task is to make a necessary exposition of this concept. At present, the definition of the concept of network psychology is still in the immature stage, or it is still in the stage of discussion and debate. Here, let's put? Network psychology? The meaning of is divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Network psychology in a broad sense refers to all psychological research related to the network, such as the study of virtual reality store interface by engineering psychology and the study of virtual community by social psychology. In a narrow sense, network psychology mainly discusses the psychological dimension in the environment composed of computers and computer networks. In the virtual reality of the network world, people's behavior and psychological processes hidden behind them and their changes and development. Judging from the current academic research, the generalized network psychology research will provide evidence and supplement for the narrow network psychology research with its own extensive research. At this stage, we reflect on the network more from the perspective of traditional psychology. Network psychology? The meaning of "network psychology" is more a broad understanding, and the research on network psychology in a narrow sense has not made substantial progress. Based on the above understanding, we might as well put forward a debatable concept: Network psychology refers to an applied psychology discipline that combines and draws lessons from the research results of related disciplines, takes traditional psychological theory as the cornerstone, and uses empirical research as a means to study and reveal people's psychology and behavior in Internet-related situations and their occurrence, development and change laws.
2. Analysis of the basic characteristics of network psychology
Network psychology is a subject that develops deeply and widely with the continuous upgrading of computer network technology, so it has distinct characteristics of computer network.
(1) interactivity. Real-time interaction is a remarkable feature of network psychology. Humans bid farewell to the history of passively accepting information in front of radio, television and newspapers. Everyone can click on the internet at will, get what they want, and actively control the content and flow of information and communicate with it. For example, people who have traveled across the ocean can surf the Internet? Face to face? Effective communication, you can also use VoIP or network conference system to conduct real-time response discussion or consultation with online psychologists, send emails to relevant experts, or use the private chat function of chat rooms.