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The influence of levels of anonymity on online self-presentation, self-disclosure and impression management
(2018)
The main aim of the current study is to determine whether levels of anonymity influence one’s levels of self-regulation, self-disclosure and impression management among both public and anonymous online platforms. For the ...
Adolescents' response to parental Facebook friend requests: The comparative influence of privacy management, parent-child relational quality, attitude and peer influence
(2015)
As adolescents increasingly use smartphones to access the Internet, parental ability to monitor their online activities diminishes. An established surveillance technique ls for parents to 'friend' their adolescent children ...
Ethical issues in online therapy: Assessing compliance with best practice in Ireland and the United Kingdom
(2017)
Online therapy has been an accepted treatment option for mental health professionals and their clients for almost 20 years and offers many advantages. Despite evidence of its efficacy, the adoption rate for online therapy ...
The motivations and personality traits that influence Irish Facebook usage
(2010)
The present study investigated the motivations and personality traits that influence Irish peoples' Facebook usage. An online survey of n = 155 participants found that 'keeping in contact with existing friends' was the ...
The influence of personality traits on impulsive online shopping behaviours
(2018)
The objective of this research was to seek and understanding of how the role of demographics and personality traits influence impulsive shopping behaviours within online retail platforms. Whilst previous research has focused ...
What motivates a ninja? An exploration of students’ CoderDojo experience
(2015)
While previous studies have indicated that learning through digital game-play is highly motivating, young people’s motivation to create their own digital artefacts has received less attention. In particular, few studies ...
Analysing the relationship between personality traits and use of emoji in the workplace
(2017)
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality, age and gender and the use of emoji in the workplace. To date, there is a gap in knowledge of how emoji are used in professional communication. ...
The impact of unconscious gender bias on online professional networking & recruitment
(2018)
The differences in how men and women communicate has been a popular debate and of interest to researchers for many years. Conflict and misunderstanding derived from different gender communication styles have had an impact ...
An investigation of motivation in co-dependent team sport
(2014)
Motivation is a significant part of both a manager's and individual athlete's preparation for sport. This research study examined this important area by completing three studies. Study One examined the combined effect of ...
Development of Open Source tools for creative and commercial exploitation of spatial audio
(2017)
This research deals with Binaural audio, and the technology behind this. Binaural processing aims to give listeners the same experience on a set of headphones that they get in the real world, sounds can be perceived from ...