Cyberpsychology : the study of individuals, society and digital technologies / Monica Therese Whitty, University of Warwick, UK, Garry Young, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

By: Whitty, Monica T, 1969- [author.]
Contributor(s): Young, Garry, 1966- [author.]
Language: English Series: BPS textbooks in psychologyPublisher: Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, UK : The British Psychological Society; Wiley, [2017]Copyright date: c2017Description: ix, 247 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470975626 (pbk.)Subject(s): Internet users -- Psychology | Internet -- Psychological aspects | Internet -- Social aspects | Virtual reality -- Moral and ethical aspects | Cyberspace -- Psychological aspects | Computer crimesDDC classification: 302.23/1 LOC classification: HM851 | .W4556 2017
Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Brief Contents; Contents; List of?Tables, Figures and?Boxes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The 'Self' in?Cyberspace; 2.1 DEFINING THE?'SELF'; 2.1.1 Trait theory and?the?self; 2.1.2 Identity: 'Who am?I'?; 2.1.3 Social identity; 2.1.4 Possible selves; 2.1.5 The self as?actor; 2.1.6 The postmodern self; 2.2 THE SELF IN?CYBERSPACE; 2.3 DISEMBODIED SELVES IN?CYBERSPACE; 2.3.1 Criticisms of?Turkle's early work; 2.3.2 The saturated self; 2.4 THE CYBORG SELF; 2.5 GOFFMAN: PERFORMING SELF?ONLINE; 2.6 POSSIBLE SELVES IN?CYBERSPACE; 2.6.1 Real me. 2.7 SOCIAL IDENTITIES IN?CYBERSPACE2.8 VISUALLY ANONYMOUS?; 2.9 CONCLUSIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 3 Online Relationships; 3.1 TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: OFFLINE REALM; 3.1.1 Social evolutionary theory; 3.1.2 Social penetration theory; 3.1.3 Exchange and?equity theories; 3.2 APPLYING OLD THEORIES TO?ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS; 3.2.1 Social evolutionary theory; 3.2.2 Social penetration theory; 3.2.3 Exchange theory and?equity theory; 3.3 NEW THEORIES TO?EXPLAIN ONLINE RELATING; 3.3.1 Disinhibition effect; 3.3.2 Social presence theory; 3.3.3 Social information processing theory. 3.3.4 Hyperpersonal communication3.3.5 Real Me; 3.4 A BRIEF HISTORY OF?ONLINE RELATING; 3.4.1 Bulletin board systems: Line-by-line relationships ; 3.4.2 MUDs and?MOOs: A?place for?real relationship?formation; 3.4.3 Chat rooms: Less means more; 3.4.4 Discussion groups and?Usenet newsgroups: A?place?for?the?'Real Me'; 3.5 CONTEMPORARY ONLINE SPACES; 3.5.1 MMORPGs: Still a?very social space; 3.5.2 Social networking sites: Face-to-face and virtual friends ; 3.6 INTERACTING IN?VARIOUS SPACES; 3.7 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN?THE?FIELD; 3.8 CONCLUSIONS; SUGESTED READINGS; Chapter 4 Online Dating. 4.1 WHAT IS AN?ONLINE DATING SITE?4.2 MOTIVATIONS FOR?USING AN?ONLINE DATING SITE; 4.3 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF?ONLINE DATERS; 4.4 COMPARING ONLINE DATING SITES WITH?PERSONAL ADS; 4.5 PRESENTING ONESELF ON?AN?ONLINE DATING SITE; 4.6 DATING DECEPTION; 4.7 A PERFECT MATCH OR A?NUMBERS GAME?; 4.8 STAGES IN?THE?ONLINE DATING?PROCESS; 4.8.1 Phase 1: The?attention phase; 4.8.2 Phase 2: The?recognition phase; 4.8.3 Phase 3: The?interaction phase; 4.8.4 Phase 4: The face-to-face meeting ; 4.8.5 Phase 5: Resolution; 4.9 CONCLUSIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities. 5.1 THE BEGINNINGS OF?INTERNET?SEX5.2 THE TRIPLE A?ENGINE; 5.3 CYBERSEX: DEBILITATING OR?LIBERATING?; 5.4 INTERACTIVE SEX ENTERTAINMENT; 5.5 CYBERSEX ADDICTION; 5.6 THE INTERNET AS?AN?ENABLER OF?RISKY OFFLINE SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS; 5.7 THE INTERNET AND?SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION; 5.8 SOCIAL SUPPORT AND?EXPLORING SEXUALITY; 5.9 TEENS AND?RISKY SEXUAL ONLINE BEHAVIOUR; 5.10 TELEDILDONICS AND?THE?FUTURE OF?SEX IN?CYBERSPACE; 5.11 CONCLUSIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 6 Internet Infidelity; 6.1 DEFINING INTERNET INFIDELITY; 6.2 UNFAITHFUL ONLINE SEXUAL?ACTIVITIES; 6.2.1 Cybersex.
Summary: An important new BPS Textbook in Psychology exploring the interactions between individuals, societies, and digital technologies Outlines key theories and empirical research within cyberpsychology and provides critical assessments of this rapidly changing field Identifies areas in need of further research and ways to use digital technologies as a research tool Covers topics such as online identity, online relationships and dating, pornography, children?s use of the internet, cyberbullying, online games and gambling, and deception and online crime Engaging and accessible for students at the undergraduate and graduate level with real life examples, activities, and discussion questions
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Author Information

Monica T. Whitty is Professor of Human Factors in Cyber Security in WMG at the University of Warwick, UK. Her research focus is on cybersecurity, cybercrime and online behaviour. She is a co-author or co-editor of several books, and has published widely on cybersecurity, mass-marketing fraud, insider threat, cyberstalking, online identity, cyber-relationships, cyberethics, online surveillance and taboos in video games.

Garry Young is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. His research and teaching focus on the ethics of enacting real-life taboos within virtual environments, the phenomenology of delusions, and embodied cognition. He has published widely on ethics in video games, notions of self in cyberspace, the Capgras and Cotard delusions, and differences between procedural and declarative knowledge.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and index.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Brief Contents; Contents; List of?Tables, Figures and?Boxes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The 'Self' in?Cyberspace; 2.1 DEFINING THE?'SELF'; 2.1.1 Trait theory and?the?self; 2.1.2 Identity: 'Who am?I'?; 2.1.3 Social identity; 2.1.4 Possible selves; 2.1.5 The self as?actor; 2.1.6 The postmodern self; 2.2 THE SELF IN?CYBERSPACE; 2.3 DISEMBODIED SELVES IN?CYBERSPACE; 2.3.1 Criticisms of?Turkle's early work; 2.3.2 The saturated self; 2.4 THE CYBORG SELF; 2.5 GOFFMAN: PERFORMING SELF?ONLINE; 2.6 POSSIBLE SELVES IN?CYBERSPACE; 2.6.1 Real me. 2.7 SOCIAL IDENTITIES IN?CYBERSPACE2.8 VISUALLY ANONYMOUS?; 2.9 CONCLUSIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 3 Online Relationships; 3.1 TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: OFFLINE REALM; 3.1.1 Social evolutionary theory; 3.1.2 Social penetration theory; 3.1.3 Exchange and?equity theories; 3.2 APPLYING OLD THEORIES TO?ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS; 3.2.1 Social evolutionary theory; 3.2.2 Social penetration theory; 3.2.3 Exchange theory and?equity theory; 3.3 NEW THEORIES TO?EXPLAIN ONLINE RELATING; 3.3.1 Disinhibition effect; 3.3.2 Social presence theory; 3.3.3 Social information processing theory. 3.3.4 Hyperpersonal communication3.3.5 Real Me; 3.4 A BRIEF HISTORY OF?ONLINE RELATING; 3.4.1 Bulletin board systems: Line-by-line relationships ; 3.4.2 MUDs and?MOOs: A?place for?real relationship?formation; 3.4.3 Chat rooms: Less means more; 3.4.4 Discussion groups and?Usenet newsgroups: A?place?for?the?'Real Me'; 3.5 CONTEMPORARY ONLINE SPACES; 3.5.1 MMORPGs: Still a?very social space; 3.5.2 Social networking sites: Face-to-face and virtual friends ; 3.6 INTERACTING IN?VARIOUS SPACES; 3.7 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN?THE?FIELD; 3.8 CONCLUSIONS; SUGESTED READINGS; Chapter 4 Online Dating. 4.1 WHAT IS AN?ONLINE DATING SITE?4.2 MOTIVATIONS FOR?USING AN?ONLINE DATING SITE; 4.3 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF?ONLINE DATERS; 4.4 COMPARING ONLINE DATING SITES WITH?PERSONAL ADS; 4.5 PRESENTING ONESELF ON?AN?ONLINE DATING SITE; 4.6 DATING DECEPTION; 4.7 A PERFECT MATCH OR A?NUMBERS GAME?; 4.8 STAGES IN?THE?ONLINE DATING?PROCESS; 4.8.1 Phase 1: The?attention phase; 4.8.2 Phase 2: The?recognition phase; 4.8.3 Phase 3: The?interaction phase; 4.8.4 Phase 4: The face-to-face meeting ; 4.8.5 Phase 5: Resolution; 4.9 CONCLUSIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities. 5.1 THE BEGINNINGS OF?INTERNET?SEX5.2 THE TRIPLE A?ENGINE; 5.3 CYBERSEX: DEBILITATING OR?LIBERATING?; 5.4 INTERACTIVE SEX ENTERTAINMENT; 5.5 CYBERSEX ADDICTION; 5.6 THE INTERNET AS?AN?ENABLER OF?RISKY OFFLINE SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS; 5.7 THE INTERNET AND?SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION; 5.8 SOCIAL SUPPORT AND?EXPLORING SEXUALITY; 5.9 TEENS AND?RISKY SEXUAL ONLINE BEHAVIOUR; 5.10 TELEDILDONICS AND?THE?FUTURE OF?SEX IN?CYBERSPACE; 5.11 CONCLUSIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 6 Internet Infidelity; 6.1 DEFINING INTERNET INFIDELITY; 6.2 UNFAITHFUL ONLINE SEXUAL?ACTIVITIES; 6.2.1 Cybersex.

An important new BPS Textbook in Psychology exploring the interactions between individuals, societies, and digital technologies

Outlines key theories and empirical research within cyberpsychology and provides critical assessments of this rapidly changing field
Identifies areas in need of further research and ways to use digital technologies as a research tool
Covers topics such as online identity, online relationships and dating, pornography, children?s use of the internet, cyberbullying, online games and gambling, and deception and online crime
Engaging and accessible for students at the undergraduate and graduate level with real life examples, activities, and discussion questions

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