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Topic | Communication Mindfulness
Whether with family, friends, colleagues, or strangers, we rely on our ability to communicate with others on a day-to-day basis. In fact, communication is such a common part of our everyday lives that we rarely give it a second thought – and why should we?
Topic | Communication Mindfulness
In 2024, about 66% of the world’s total population has access to the Internet. It is hardly surprising, then, that we consider the digital world to be a truly global community. However, this has not always been the case.
Topic | Communication Mindfulness
From browsing websites and reading emails to following influencers on social media, our digital actions have the potential to threaten our online safety. So, how can we change this?
Topic | Online Safety | Technology
When it comes to our online safety, many of us have received the same basic advice. But this does not mean that we put it into practice every time we go online, which can become problematic.
Topic | Online Safety | Technology
From the perpetrators behind online scams and the methods they use to trick us to the kinds of individuals they target, we all have certain misconceptions about online scams which can make us more likely to fall for their tricks. So, how can we avoid this?
Topic | Online Safety | Technology
In the previous article, we explored three of the most common misconceptions we tend to have about online scams, their perpetrators and their targets. But there is still one important misconception that we have not addressed: the idea that online scams are static or unchanging.
Topic | Online Safety | Language
Topic | Online Safety | Language
In the previous article, we learned that language can be used as a tool for influencing our thoughts and feelings, and for getting us to take certain actions. To combat this, we need to be able to identify language clues that can help us spot online scams and the ways in which they are trying to influence us.
Topic | Online Safety | Language
In the previous article, we developed our understanding of online safety through the lens of language by learning what clues to look out for in the graphology, lexis, syntax and semantics of online scam messages. Now, we will apply this four-step approach to language analysis to an example of a fake account notice.
Topic | Online Safety | Psychology
Our online activities play a key role in our daily professional and personal lives. As a result, it is useful for us to gain a basic understanding of how we think about these activities, as well as the ways in which online communication can influence our online behaviour.
Topic | Online Safety | Psychology
The world of cybercrime is constantly seeing new trends emerge, but keeping up with these trends can become tiring, especially when it comes to staying up to date with the latest online scams and their tell-tale signs. So, how else can we maintain an awareness of how these different scams work?
Topic | Online Safety
Now that we have explored online communication through the lenses of technology, language and psychology, we can cement our understanding of a holistic approach to online safety in the form of a ten-step checklist.