THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY BLOGS IN PROMOTING THE DISCIPLINE OF PSYCHOLOGY

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THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY BLOGS IN PROMOTING THE DISCIPLINE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Dennis Relojo-Howell

Founder of Psychreg

dennis.relojo@gmail.com

It is generally recognized that blogging started in 1994, with Links.net considered to be the first ever blog. Since then blogs on a variety of topics and disciplines have emerged. Undeniably, blogs have been a functional vehicle in promoting psychology and have been instrumental in promoting mental health.

Psychology and mental health blogs offer a wealth of information, insight, and interesting content for their audience. The range, immediacy, and diversity of bloggers’ voices are highly compelling; readers are often drawn to blogs for their speed and intimacy. 

Blogs can serve as a transformative medium to promote the discipline of psychology and allied fields. It also provides a brief account of psychology blogs and provides an overview of popular blogs in the discipline. A new field could potentially materialise in the discipline and this can be known as ‘blog psychology’: a sub-branch of the discipline that attempts to apply psychological principles and research in order to optimise the benefits that readers can derive from consuming blogs.

With the continued popularity of blogs, it is important that a specialised discipline be developed to encompass all forms of internet-mediated communication, specifically in blogs, such as the use, design, and its impact on mental health and well-being of its readers.   

Potential theories of blog psychology may incorporate the readers’ perception, cognition, and humanistic components in regards to their experience to consuming blogs. It could also explore a range of psychological principles involved in running blogs. With the continued popularity of blogs, it is important that a specialised discipline be developed to encompass all forms of internet-mediated communication, specifically in blogs, such as the use, design, and its impact on mental health and well-being of its readers.

2019-10-29T15:40:39+00:00
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