Psychological Issues

The internet, social media, and mobile devices introduce new psychological issues, such as the phantom ringing syndrome, nomophobia, cybersickness, and internet addiction disorder. In this section, we identify selected psychological issues which learners may choose to research further in the learning challenge for this pathway.

How Online Personas Redefine Human Connection

Consider the following questions:

How does digital technology change what we do?
How does digital technology change who we are?
Do adolescents need to develop face-to-face communication skills in a digital world?

Psychological Disorders

Read the following article which summarizes a number of disorders related to our use of digital technology:

Eight New Mental Illnesses Brought to you by the Internet by E. Dashevsky, PCWorld. Retrieved July 8, 2017.

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