The Cyberpsychology Architecture framework is a model developed by John Suler to understand the psychological effects of digital environments and experiences. The model consists of eight dimensions:
Identity Dimension: This dimension focuses on the ways in which people present themselves and their identities online, and how these presentations may differ from their offline identities.
Social Dimension: This dimension examines the ways in which digital environments can facilitate or hinder social interactions and relationships, with groups or individuals.
Interactive Dimension: This dimension looks at the ways in which digital environments can facilitate and allow users to understand and navigate online spaces. This includes a feeling of presence and immersion.
Text Dimension: This dimension of an online environment is how much text is used, the type of text (long vs. short) used for communication, and the psychological effects of communicating via text.
Sensory Dimension: This dimension examines the ways in which digital environments can stimulate or overwhelm the five senses, and the possible psychological effects of auditory and visual stimulation, but also possibilities for other stimuli.
Temporal Dimension: This dimension looks at the ways in which digital environments can influence people's sense of time. This includes synchronous/asynchronous spectrum, options for slowing, speeding, looping and freezing time.
Reality Dimension: This dimension is how much a digital environment creates fantasy experiences and how much it draws from everyday realities.
Physical Dimension: This dimension is how a digital space involves the physical world and the physical body, including bodily sensations and movements.
The outstanding framework from John Suler provides a transdisciplinary model for understanding the psychological effects of digital environments and experiences, and can be useful for researchers, clinicians, and other professionals working in the field of Cyberpsychology.
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