The Internet and Psychology

Background Information

These books are in the regular collection on the fourth floor. More books on this topic can be found using the Library Catalog.

24/7 : how cell phones and the Internet change the way we live, work, and play	HE 9713. H 365 2007
Distracted : the erosion of attention and the coming Dark Age	E 169.12 J 26 2008
Embedding into our lives : new opportunities and challenges of the Internet	HM 851. E 547 2009
Psychology of the Internet	BF 637. C 45 W 26 1999
Shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains	QP 360. C 3667 2010
Society online : the Internet in context	HM 851. S 655 2004
Total recall : how the E-memory revolution will change everything	HM 851. B 4525 2009

Journal Articles

Academic Search Premier

This multidisciplinary database is a great place to begin a search on any psychological or sociological topic, from mental illness to developmental psychology to group dynamics.

PsycARTICLES

Created by the American Psychological Association, this database contains scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles from top psychology journals on a wide range of research in how technology impacts human psychology.

PsycINFO

PsycINFO is another great psychology database. It can be used to locate even more scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles on the impact of technology on human psychology

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

This psychology database focuses more on the behavioral, emotional, and developmental aspects of psychology and can be used to locate information on how technology effects memory, communication, relationships, and more.

Web Resources

Pew Internet Research Topics

This this one of several ongoing research projects by the Pew Research Center. This page offers quick access to their research on the impacts of the Internet on society and is a valuable source for statistics.

Psychology of Cyberspace

Created by Dr. John Suler at Rider University, this site contains in-depth discussions on the various ways that the Internet and related technology have impacted human psychology and communication.