Cyberpsychology

Wolverhampton Internet and Technology Society (WITS) together with the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group are hosting the 1st Social Networking in Cyberspace conference in April, 2010. We welcome contributions from scholars in the social and behavioural sciences and media and information disciplines, regardless of... theoretical orientation.

The conference, which is to be sponsored by the Research Centre in Applied Sciences (RCAS), will be a one-day event and will take place on Friday the 23rd of April, 2010. The Venue for the conference will be the Lighthouse Media Centre in Wolverhampton (Please click here for Map).

Call For Papers: Abstract Submission Deadline Extended
We invite potential presenters to submit an abstract (no longer than 300 words) for peer-review.

The abstract submission deadline has now been extended until November 30th, 2009. A decision on all abstracts will be made in early December and delegates will be notified via email before the end of the year.

Abstracts should be submitted to SNIC@wlv.ac.uk. When sending the abstract, in your email please indicate your name and affiliation and whether you would like the abstract to be considered for a presentation slot or the poster competition.

Subsequently, all presenters will be invited to prepare a paper for publication. The International Journal of Internet Science will be publishing a peer-reviewed selection of the best papers from the conference.

Papers should be submitted to SNIC@wlv.ac.uk by the 28th of May 2010.
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If you provide a therapeutic mental health service via the Internet, or have done so in the past, please consider talking part in my study entitled: The Pros and Cons of Counselling in Cyberspace.
Participation will involve answering an online survey about your perceptions of online practice. It should take about 15-20... minutes to complete and the answers you provide will be anonymous.

To access the survey, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/aywmsj

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Computer visualisation is central to the social sciences both in terms of the way large data sets are explored and the communication of results to those we seek to influence and inform.

Visualisation is essential to make sense of very large geographic data sets quickly, and where it is necessary to predict many alternat...ive spatial patterns, and where the system is too complex to reduce all analysis to numbers.

We will illustrate three different ways of understanding geographic patterns in space and time.

We show traditional methods for urban simulation we're working on, which are based on land use transport modelling but entirely through visual interfaces that enable us to visualise the inputs and outputs of the models geographically at any stage of their calibration and prediction.

Following on we'll show you a rather different style of modelling showing how we can increase our knowledge through iconic digital models based on 3D GIS and CAD, illustrating how we can assemble and interpret urban form through distributions of buildings using our Virtual London model.

Lastly we'll demonstrate how patterns such as residential land use at the macro level can occur through the actions of individuals at the micro scale, for this we turn to agent-based modelling. A series of examples from the evacuation of a building to traffic jams will be given before turning to how we communicate such models to the masses through the use of Web 2.0 technologies, especially that of Second Life. Read More