Internet news

Citation

(1999), "Internet news", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 14 No. 7/8. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmp.1999.05014gab.005

Internet news

Internet news

Keywords: Psychology, Research, Internet, Addicts

Some general links to psychology sites form the basis of reviews in this section alongside the apparent rise of Internet addiction.

Selected Internet sites - psychology

http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/ecolln/subj/soc/psyche.html

This is a dynamic list of sites by academics and librarians at Murdoch University. The dynamic nature of the site is restricted to the fact that it is constantly changing its content as it does relate back to several of the larger lists previously mentioned in this section, e.g. PsychWeb. Psychology departments, associations and journals are also accessible from the site, which is very easy to navigate and all sections are clearly indexed.

QualPage

http://www.ualberta.ca/~jmorris/qual.html

This is an up-to-date site with a combination of papers on all aspects of qualitative research, discussion forums and conference announcements. Some interesting discussions and inclusion of a wide range of qualitative methods.

Australian University and Journal Links

http://www.uq.net.au/~zzdmcint/ausuni.html

This Web site provides a comprehensive listing and links to universities, psychology associations and journals.

Lorin's Left-handedness Site

http://duke.usask.ca/~elias/left/

This Web site provides a wealth of information on all aspects of left-handedness, backs up its assertions with relevant empirical evidence and provides links to other similar sites. A journal, Laterality, which is just developing its identity and aims to provide a range of views and research evidence can also be accessed via this site.

The apparent use of Internet addiction has resulted in more research evidence highlighted by the British Psychological Society - see Griffiths, M. (1999), "Internet addiction: fact or fiction?", The Psychologist, Vol. 12 No. 5. Happily, there are Internet resources to discuss and combat this condition.

Psychology of the Internet: Research and Theory

http://lists.cmhc.com/research/

This is hosted by Mental Health Net and is a mailing list to which you can subscribe by e-mail. Instead, by clicking on Disorders Treatments at the bottom of the page a link to http://mentalhelp.net was created, leading to a list of potentially useful Web sites.

Internet Behaviour and Addiction

http://www.ifap.bepr.ethz.ch~egger/ibq/res/htm

This is accessible in English or German and provides the rationale for and results from a questionnaire on the subject designed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and provides further links to Web sites and discussion groups which either were not found or were out of date.

Center for On-line Addiction

http://wwwnetaddiction.com/

This is sub-titled "Resources on the psychology of cyber-space" and is hosted by Dr Kimberly Young, a clinical psychologist. It contains a Resource Center (including a Cyber Health Newsletter, to which you can subscribe by e-mail), research papers, a book Caught in the Net (containing the results of a three-year in-depth study on Internet addiction) and a Reading Room.

There is a page of Internet addiction tests, a virtual clinic and a list of events across the world on different topics related to addictive behaviour as well as further Web links. The section on cyber widows and reference to online affairs broaden the scope of the site but overall this looks interesting and informative.

So does Internet addiction or use of the Internet at work cause problems? E-mail: m@mccourtt.co.uk