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Beth (she/her) @brthomas.bsky.social · 4d

Quick notice just incase - that I can’t see any messages right now on here since I haven’t added age verification to my account yet - not that I was paticularily good at checking them anyway because ADHD 😊

A person sits on a desk beside a projection screen that displays a humorous slide reading, “i’m not ignoring your text/dm” followed by smaller text: “i was gonna answer it but got distracted and forgot about it and now it’s been 3 days and i feel like answering it at this point would make it even more awkward than just pretending i didn’t see it in the first place i’m so sorry.” The image mimics a classroom presentation meme.

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Beth (she/her) @brthomas.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible Les Mis meme 👏😆

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Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social · 4d

Scrolling through my list of Sona participants and calling out the zoomy clickers:

"You didn't pass the attention check! You know what that means, 24601!"

a man speaking into a microphone with the words and i 'm javert

Alt: Javert from Les Miserables singing, "And I'm Javert!"

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 11d

✨Introducing Our Committee✨

Over the coming weeks in a series of posts we'll be introducing our committee members, so you can get to know the people working behind the scenes to support our community! Stay tuned for our first post 🌟

#Cyberpsychology #BPSCyberpsychology

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Fraser Carey @frasercarey.bsky.social · 16d

Checked in at the conference venue, and set up our
@bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social stand – check out that shiny new banner 🤩 If you’re attending, come say hi 👋 and find out more about what our section does, how you can get involved, and upcoming events!

#BPSCyberpsychology

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 11d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Dr Lisa Orchard, who serves as Co-chair on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee.
Following an academic career as a Senior Lecturer in Cyberpsychology, Lisa recently joined the Halfords Group as a mixed-methods UX Researcher!

#Cyberpsychology #UX

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 8d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Professor Linda Kaye @lindakkaye.bsky.social, who is former Chair and founding Section member and now serves on the Careers, Industry and Outreach team on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee!

#Cyberpsychology #Emoji #socialmedia #digitalhealth

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 4d

👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Dr. Sofia Petisca, who is part of the Conference Organisation Team on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee. She helps organising the conference each year!

#Cyberpsychology #socialrobots #AI #gaming #HRI #humanrobotinteraction #appliedpsychology

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Beth (she/her) @brthomas.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to hear about this!!

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 16d

Hey all! I’m excited to bring you along as I attend the BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Annual Conference 2025, representing our Section today 🎓 Looking forward to seeing the amazing post-graduate research being conducted, stay tuned for updates ⭐ – @frasercarey.bsky.social

#BPS #Cyberpsychology

A man with short hair and a beard stands in front of a red brick building with arched windows. He is smiling slightly and holding up a dark-colored rectangular card that reads “CYBERPSYCHOLOGY SECTION” along with additional smaller text. He is wearing a grey jacket over a dark sweater and collared shirt.

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Dawn Branley-Bell @thecyberpsyche.bsky.social · 17d

Watch @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social for live updates from the Scottish Branch PG conference tomorrow ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 17d

🚨Account takeover! Tomorrow, our student rep Fraser, will be attending the BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Annual Conference 🎓 Fraser will be giving us the behind-the-scenes and a look at how cyberpsychology is represented at this year’s event - so stay tuned!
#Cyberpsychology #postgrad

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 17d

🚨Account takeover! Tomorrow, our student rep Fraser, will be attending the BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Annual Conference 🎓 Fraser will be giving us the behind-the-scenes and a look at how cyberpsychology is represented at this year’s event - so stay tuned!
#Cyberpsychology #postgrad

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 23d

Francesca Albanese at the Together For Palestine benefit concert

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin
Researching cyberpsychology? We want your insights of cutting-edge research in the field!

Submission info:
📝 Article of 500 words
📅 Deadline: 3 Oct 2025
📧 Submit via email: [email protected]
#CyberpsychologyBulletin #CFP #Cyberpsychology

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · Jul 26

Trans rights today, and forever.

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢 Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin
Researching cyberpsychology? We want your insights of cutting-edge research in the field!

Submission info:
📝 Article of 500 words
📅 Deadline: 3 Oct 2025
📧 Submit via email: [email protected]
#CyberpsychologyBulletin #CFP #Cyberpsychology

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Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin

Are you doing research in Cyberpsychology? Would you like to share your insights and contribution to the growing knowledge within the field by submitting your work to the Cyberpsychology Bulletin, the official publication of the BPS Cyberpsychology Section?

You may be investigating topics around social media, digital mental health, the impact of AI, influencer culture, gaming and gamers, VR, digital relationships or the ethics of cybersecurity and privacy. If your work explores how digital technology shapes and is reshaping human behaviour and cognition in some way, then we’d be interested to hear from you.

Submit an article of 500 words via email: cyberpsychbulletin@bps.org.uk and help us foster discussion and knowledge-sharing of cutting-edge research across our community!

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ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · Jul 29

DEADLINE TOMORROW: If you're applying to our hosts for the Digital Good Network research internships, the deadline to submit an expression of interest is tomorrow at 16:00.

Find out more here: digitalgood.net/research-int...

Research internships - ESRC Digital Good Network

We are building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there. As part of this, […]

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Beth (she/her) @brthomas.bsky.social · Jul 22

New cyber social justice dropped

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Dr Danielle Paddock @daniellepaddock.bsky.social · Jul 22

Please do connect with the BPS Cyberpsychology section's page on LinkedIn ☺️

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 22

✨ We are now live on LinkedIn ✨

Our comms team have been working hard to make sure the BPS Cyberpsychology section is active on socials to ensure we carry on connecting with and building our cyber community.

Please do connect with our LinkedIn page here: linkedin.com/company/bps-cyberpsychology

BPS Cyberpsychology | LinkedIn

BPS Cyberpsychology | 247 followers on LinkedIn. Dedicated to sharing insights and developing cutting-edge research into cyberpsychology. Est. 2018. | Welcome to the BPS Cyberpsychology Section! Cyber...

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Leon Xiao @leonxiao.com · Jul 22

CfP: Beyond Game Mechanics at City University of Hong Kong

Dates: 8–9 October 2025 (offline participation only)

[Extended] Submission Deadline: 31 July 2025

www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/beyon...

Call for Participation: Beyond Game Mechanics | School of Creative Media

Call for Participation: Beyond Game Mechanics Location: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong Date of Event: October 8-9, 2025 (offline participation only) [Extended] Submission Deadl...

www.scm.cityu.edu.hk

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 17

Today is #WorldEmojiDay 🤩✨📱So we’re spot-lighting our amazing past chair and current careers, industry and outreach rep on our committee Professor Linda Kaye @lindakkaye.bsky.social - the emoji expert 👏 You can find more about Linda’s work on her website: lindakkaye.wixsite.com/dr-linda-kaye 📓😎📑⭐️🎉

an emoji wearing a party hat is blowing a party horn .

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Jed Brown @justjedbrown.bsky.social · Jul 10

Amazing experience being at the BPS Cybersychology Conference 2025 - I don't want to wait until next year to see what everyone is up to so I thought it was time I actually made an account! @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social #cyber25

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 10

We finish day 2 of #cyber25 with closing statements from our new co-chairs of the Cyberpsychology section @psychbrighton.bsky.social and Dr Lisa Orchard - thank you @thecyberpsyche.bsky.social for all the work you’ve done for our section over your years as chair!

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 10

Whether it was your first BPS Cyberpsychology conference with us or your forth, we hope you enjoyed connecting and overanalysing everything tech with the best 💬🧠 #cyber25

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Dr Catherine Talbot @catherinetalbot.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excellent @bournemouthuni.bsky.social student @jordanking.bsky.social sharing his #PhD research on nostalgia and videogames at #Cyber25 🕹️🎮

@bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social

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