- - - -- apologies for cross posting - - - - PSYCHOLOGY AND THE INTERNET: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE A major European Conference has been organised by the Wessex and Wight Branch in celebration of the British Psychological Society Centenary 7-9 November 2001 QinetiQ, Farnborough, Hampshire WWW - please logon to our website to download the Registration Form and Draft Programme www.bps.org.uk/sub-syst/Wess_Wight/events1.cfm <http://www.bps.org.uk/sub-syst/Wess_Wight/events1.cfm> 40 papers and 10 posters/demonstrations will be presented over 12 major themes including: Positive implications of Internet use Internet as a research tool E-commerce and commercial Internet use Internet and health provision / behaviour The Internet, self and identity Psychological implications of Internet use Psychology and educational technology Internet and recruitment, guidance and selection 'Deviant' Internet use Keynote Speakers: Dr Tom Postmes: University of Exeter: "Online Collective Action: The Internet and world revolution, local activism and "net effects" Professor Pam Briggs: University of Northumbria: "Relationship Design: How to create friends and influence people" Dr Ulf-Dietrich Reips: University of Zurich: "Internet-Based Psychological Experimenting" For Further Information: E-mail - please contact one of us on the Organising Committee: Jacqui Taylor - Bournemouth University jtaylor@bournemouth.ac.uk <mailto:jtaylor@bournemouth.ac.uk> Alan Gilbert - University of Portsmouth Alan.Gilbert@port.ac.uk <mailto:Alan.Gilbert@port.ac.uk> Adam Joinson - Open University A.N.Joinson@open.ac.uk <mailto:A.N.Joinson@open.ac.uk> Chris Elshaw - QinetiQ CCELSHAW@qinetiq.com <mailto:CCELSHAW@qinetiq.com>