Brenda K. Wiederhold

Aug 16, 2024 | liebertpub.com | Brenda K. Wiederhold

At 7 a.m. a phone alarm pierces the silence. You roll over to hit snooze but click on the bright red notification instead and end up scrolling yourself awake. Among the news stories, recipe videos, and sightseeing photos you notice a quote from a neighbor you met in passing last summer: “You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone.” Concerned, you select the post, but there is not much there to analyze. It is their first post in months. No friends have commented on it yet.

Aug 22, 2023 | liebertpub.com | Brenda K. Wiederhold

Most of us have interacted with chatbots in a customer service context. Although these artificial intelligence (AI) systems sometimes quickly point us to the right webpage to accomplish the task at hand, more often, we end up desperately searching for a way to speak with an actual human to get real answers.

Jul 17, 2023 | liebertpub.com | Susan Persky |Brenda K. Wiederhold |Sebastian Wachs |Manuel Gámez-Guadix

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social NetworkingEditor-in-Chief: Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCB, BCNISSN: 2152-2715 Online ISSN: 2152-2723 Published MonthlyCurrent Volume: 26 Impact Factor: 5.2* *2022 Journal Citation Reports™ (Clarivate, 2023) The premier peer-reviewed journal for authoritative research on understanding the social, behavioral, and psychological impact of today's social networking practices, including Twitter, Facebook, and internet gaming and commerce.

May 4, 2023 | liebertpub.com | Brenda K. Wiederhold

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social NetworkingVol. 26, No. 5EditorialFree AccessWhen New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose spoke with Bing's AI chatbot Sydney, he didn't expect to leave the conversation feeling deeply unsettled.1 Roose asked the chatbot about its “shadow self,” a term popularized by psychoanalyst Carl Jung that refers to the parts of oneself that are deemed unacceptable.

Apr 24, 2023 | liebertpub.com | Brenda K. Wiederhold

We've all been there. We sense that familiar buzz in our bag, fumble around for our phone, and extricate it only to see a blank lock screen. Or our device vibrates in our pocket, yet when we reach to check it, we see no one has called at all. It's enough to cause confusion and momentary concern. But it's not uncommon.