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1. DIGITAL PSYCHOLOGY
Dr.C.Karthik Deepa
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
Coimbatore
cherrydeepa@gmail.com
9976131831

2. DIGITAL PSYCHOLOGY
 Digital Psychology means ‘the attitude of
an individual towards technology such as
software and hardware aspects, the time
an individual spends with the technology,
space & place they create for the
technology, personalization of the
technology, relationship between individual
and technology, dependency towards the
technology for their day-to-day life,
purpose for which they are using the
technology.’
- Dr. C.Karthik Deepa

3. THE ATTITUDE OF AN INDIVIDUAL TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY
SUCH AS SOFTWARE & HARDWARE ASPECTS
hardware software
•How to switch on / off?
•How to power / charge?
•Various buttons/keys & its uses.
• accessories to enhance the utility
•How it install?
•How to update?
• How to download &
upload?
• how to use the apps &
software ?

4. TIME AN INDIVIDUAL SPENDS WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY
 How long they spend per day, week, month, year?
 Which time they spend? Morning/ Noon / night,
Spring/ summer/winter/ autumn.
 Age and stage of the user: children, adolescence,
adult

5. SPACE & PLACE/ RELATIONSHIP/ DEPENDENCY
/ PURPOSE
 Pet name for the device, frequency of cleaning the device/
adding accessories and decors for the device.
 Only for purpose: business/ shopping/communication/
education/entertainment.
 Keeping in pocket/ bedroom/ office/car/kitchen.
 Using the device for everything: entertainment,
communication, transaction, education and networking.

6. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND
TECHNOLOGY BECOMES INEVITABLE

7. PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME WITH VARIOUS FORMS
OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THEIR DIVERS NEEDS

8. TECHNOLOGY BECOMES THEIR CERTAIN
FRIEND

9. THE INTENSITY MAY VARY FROM PERSON TO
PERSON AND DEVICE TO DEVICE

10. WHAT NOW? …. SO WE HAVE TO
• Nature of the
technology they use
• Uses of the technology
they use
Understanding
the technology
• How to use ?
• Where to use?
limitations
• Human space &
techno space/ Limiting
the time
• Treating as technology
not as human.
Space

11. THE END