A short presentation by Jim Stolze about Internet Psychology. We know now that the Internet makes us happy when there is a social element involved. But what makes us unhappy is the inability to handle large amounts of information in the way that were used to. Stolze advocates a new style of digital media literacy.

1. NEXT10 Conference
Jim Stolze
The Virtual Happiness Institute

2. WTF
=
Virtual Happiness?
www.virtualhappiness.org

3. gross national productivity
h a pp i ne s s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness

4. dig i t a l well-being
wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/does-the-web-make-us-happy-part-one/

5. scientist
X
blogger
serious stuff fun stuff
www.virtualhappiness.org

6. try to transfer money
remove all advertisements
to my account
wish every user a good day do nothing
delete all sex and chatsites
remove all rubbish
make it much faster
introduce the death penalty for spammers
charge 1$ per user
make it free fire Bill Gates!
“If I was in charge of the
Internet I would...”
www.virtualhappiness.org

7. “I would rate myself: 7,11”
How would you rate your own
happiness on a scale from 1 to 10?
http://twitter.com/jimstolze

8. 7,11
“I would rate myself: 6,34”
How would you rate your own
happiness if you would not have an
internet connection for a month?
http://twitter.com/jimstolze

9. “You can’t live without the Internet”
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

10. (me)
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

11. (yep, that’s me)
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

13. http://twitter.com/jimstolze

14. “Europeans who have have an internet
connection are significantly happier
than people who don’t.”
(Bohnke & Kohler 2008)
www.virtuahappiness.org

15. “Happiness is contagious in
social networks”
(Fowler 2008)
www.virtuahappiness.org

16. The Benefits of Facebook Friends:
Social Capital
(Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007)
www.virtuahappiness.org

17. Window to the World Information Overload
 
Social Interaction Internet Addiction
www.virtualhappiness.org

18. Information Overload doesn’t exist
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

19. Our mistake:
Seeing digital information in a fysical way.
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

20. Children in school right now have
access to more information than their
teachers do.
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

21. fysical thinking vs digital thinking
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

22. digital media literacy
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

23. info + obsesity
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

24. infobesity will be the next epidemic
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

25. Don’t let infobesity be the next epidemic
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}

26. We’re counting on you!

27. Thank you!
www.virtualhappiness.org
www.jimstolze.com
http://twitter.com/jimstolze