iACToR Weekly Newsletter #29

[James Cullen]

Opening Statement

Hello iACToR members,

We are now a month away from the 3rd Annual iACToR General Assembly being held in conjunction with the 16th Annual CyberPsychology and CyberTherapy Conference in Gatineau, Canada on June 21, 2011. Items that will be discussed at this iACToR Premium Member's only event:

1. Relationships with other Associations, Conferences, and Publications
2. Newly Elected Officials
3. Reviews and Conclusions from the previous association year

Not an iACToR Premium Member and wish to attend? Visit http://bit.ly/aX4YYk to become one today!

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Top CyberPsychology News

Erasing Cyberbullying, One Keystroke At A Time
Huffington Post - In a sweltering classroom in The Mary Louis Academy of Jamaica Estates, Queens, freshman Regina Maghirang, 15, sat down at a computer, logged onto Facebook and hit delete. More than once. Her friends did it, too. More than 200 of them cycled in and out of the room during their free periods on Friday for Delete Day, a student-led initiative at Mary Louis designed to target cyberbullying. To read more, please visit http://huff.to/lUOnk9.

Finding Focus
Inquirer Business - Perhaps you’re texting as you read this, or maybe you’re reading a text message while watching TV. Maybe you’re checking e-mail while waiting for another text message, unless the commercials have stopped and your favorite show is back on. A study released by European neuroscientists in early May suggested that differences in human brains can help explain why some people are easier to distract than others. However, in the April 2011 issue of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, American researchers at Massachusetts’ Boston College suggest that people don’t realize how distracted they really are when they try to do too much at one time, such as trying to text, watch TV and hold a conversation. To read more, please visit http://bit.ly/kKBWWD.

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Create your own reality!

Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCIA
Secretary General
International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR)