Aug 17 2022 33 mins
This week our guest is Dr. Scott Debb, professor at Norfolk State University’s Master of Science in Cyber Psychology program. We dive deep into the psychology and effects of disinformation and technology by exploring fun topics like doomscrolling and FOMO. With the most calming voice you can imagine, Dr. Debb somehow made us feel alright about the world. We had a wonderful conversation about human behavior and technology, the implicit trust we place in our tech, how individuals fit in our tech-reliant society and the changing nature of the social contract. Above all, we remembered there are human beings behind the chat bubbles on our phones, and we all have an inherent need to belong. Dr. Debb’s background is in clinical psychology, primarily working with individuals suffering from anxiety, depression, substance abuse. He’s also worked a lot with kids and families in lower socio-economic status areas. Dr. Debb had spent years looking at the expansion of technology and social media as forces of communication and later fell into cyberpsychology as one area of psych that incorporated many interdisciplinary aspects. He ended up creating the first U.S.-based graduate program in Cyberpsychology at Norfolk State University, in Norfolk Virginia. Thank you, Dr. Debb!