While using social media, people need to have multiple “safety measures” in life, stressed Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India (CCPI). Addressing on the on-going CCPI annual gathering in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Sept 22, on the second day of the conference, Dr. Joseph Thannickal, a US-trained Psychologist, said, “Social media thrive by providing packages to consumers that would satisfy their various requirements, in terms of the need for communications among individuals and among communities.”
As reported by mattersindia.com, Dr. Thannickal while speaking on the topic “Healthy and effective use of technology: psycho-spiritual issues in pornography and social media”, said, “Social media are a mixed bag. There are good and bad things about it. There are not sufficient checks to it. A consumer has to decide what to use. If you do not like, switch it off. But it is not that simple, for the small age groups, even for the adults in regards to privacy concerns.” Further, he added, “Pornography can disturb a person’s or group’s spiritual routine, community life, confusion in behaviour pattern as the brain begins to compromise matters concerning morality or values and losing the sense of joy in social or community living.”
The conference’s annual meeting is addressing the role of psychology in the contemporary technological world. The meet at Pillar Institute of Lay Leadership, Animation, and Research, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, is attended by 120 delegates. CCPI has more than 300 members spread all over India. Currently, the organization’s members include Catholic priests, brothers, sisters, and lay people. The Conference has chosen the “’Role of Psychology in the Contemporary Technological World” as the theme of their 19 annual meeting.
Source: www.mattersindia.com
