Dr Linda Kaye is the Associate Head of Psychology (Knowledge Exchange and Marketing) at Edge Hill University. She specialises in cyberpsychology, which seeks to understand how online worlds affect everyday experiences and behaviour, and the extent to which we can understand human psychology from studying people’s online behaviour.
Social connections online and offline can be fluid, but there are nuances to interacting on social media – and teens are often acutely aware of them. This article highlights how teenagers navigate nuances of social media, and what adults can learn from them.