Fraser J.M. Reid is associate head of the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom. He has a PhD in personal contruct psychology from Brunel University and is a Chartered Psychologist and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the British Journal of Social Psychology, the European Journal of Social Psychology, Ergonomics, the International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics, Small Group Research, Computers in Human Behaviour, Sex Roles, Social Science and Medicine, CoDesign and the British Journal of Educational Technology. His research centres on human communication, group interaction and social influence, particularly in settings in which new information and communication technologies are the main channels of communication between people.