You can test yourself and determine your stage of development. TEXT MESSAGING STAGES Stage 1: Infancy to early childhood Basic Psychological Conflict: Trust vs. Doubt Important Developmental Tasks: Signing on Outcome: Individuals at this stage type in complete sentences, use regular punctuation including the apostrophe in contractions, and do not abbreviate words. They begin messages with... read more →
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13
I am very excited to announce that I have joined the blogging community on Psychology Today's website writing about the positive use of media and social technologies. My blog there is called Positively Media: How we connect and thrive with emerging technologies. The first posting is called Zen Moment: Social... read more →
Mar
11
"Transforming the News Media into Honest and Balanced News" is the tagline of the online Swedish newspaper www.Tillit.info that exists for the purpose of disseminating positive news. (I posted a an update about this on my Facebook page and someone asked "How do you know" since the site in in... read more →
Mar
05
People are doing lots of things in response to job losses in the current economy, so what makes LinkedIn remarkable? Joining this type of network is a trend I expect to continue independent of the job market. Here’s why: Not only does LinkedIn demonstrate the power of social media, it... read more →
Mar
01
It's hard (for me anyway) to not continually reflect on technology and emerging behaviors--and how that cycle manifests in the next technological development. I was reading Citizen Marketers today and the authors mentioned McLuhan’s remarks about the political changes resulting from the widespread introduction of television. This got me to... read more →
Dr. Pamela Rutledge is available to reporters for comments on the psychological and social impact of media and technology on individuals, society, organizations and brands.