Psychology and the internet : intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal implications / edited by Jayne Gackenbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gackenbach, Jayne, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Psychological aspects.

Communication.

Internet--Psychological aspects.

Internet.

Computer networks--Psychological aspects.

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The previous edition provided the first resource for examining how the Internet affects our definition of who we are and our communication and work patterns. It examined how normal behavior differs from the pathological with respect to Internet use. Coverage includes how the internet is used in our social patterns: work, dating, meeting people of similar interests, how we use it to conduct business, how the Internet is used for learning, children and the Internet, what our internet use says about ourselves, and the philosophical ramifications of internet use on our definitions of reality and c

Contents:

Introduction to psychological aspects of Internet use / Jayne Gackenbach and Evelyn Ellerman

The intrapersonal : statistically "normal" and "deviant" aspects of the self

The self and the Internet : variations on the illusion of one self / Elizabeth Reid

Causes and implications of disinhibited behavior on the Internet / Adam Joinson

Internet addiction : does it really exist? / Mark Griffiths

Internet therapy and self-help groups : the pros and cons / Storm A. King and Danielle Moreggi

Future clinical directions : professional development, pathology, and psychotherapy on-line / John M. Grohol

The interpersonal : from close to distant relationships

The psychology of sex : a mirror from the Internet / Raymond J. Noonan

Males, females, and the Internet / Janet Morahan-Martin

Work and community via computer-mediated communication / Caroline Haythornthwaite, Barry Wellman, and Laura Garton

Virtual societies : their prospects and dilemmas / Magid Igbaria, Conrad Shayo, and Lorne Olfman

The transpersonal : on the net and the net itself

From mediated environments to the development of consciousness / Joan M. Preston

World wide brain : self-organizing Internet intelligence as the actualization of the collective unconscious / Ben Goertzel

The coevolution of technology and consciousness / Jayne Gackenbach, Greg Guthrie, and Jim Karpen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75150-9

9786610751501

0-08-046905-1

OCLC:

162573099