Cyberpsychology : the study of individuals, society and digital technologies / Monica Therese Whitty, Garry Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitty, Monica T., 1969- author.

Young, Garry, 1966- author.

Series:

BPS textbooks in psychology.

BPS Textbooks in Psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer crimes.

Cyberspace--Psychological aspects.

Cyberspace.

Internet users--Psychology.

Internet users.

Internet--Psychological aspects.

Internet.

Internet--Social aspects.

Virtual reality--Moral and ethical aspects.

Virtual reality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : The British Psychological Society : Wiley, 2017.

System Details:

text file

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

Contents:

Intro

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 CYBERSPACE

2.8 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 communication

3.3.5 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

Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities

5.1 THE BEGINNINGS OF INTERNET SEX

5.2 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

Chapter 6 Internet Infidelity

6.1 DEFINING INTERNET INFIDELITY

6.2 UNFAITHFUL ONLINE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES

6.2.1 Cybersex

6.2.2 Other online sexual activities

6.2.3 Pornography

6.3 VIRTUAL OR REAL?

6.4 EMOTIONAL INFIDELITY

6.5 GENDER DIFFERENCES: WHICH IS WORSE - SEX OR LOVE?

6.5.1 Gender differences on the Internet

6.6 QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ONLINE AND OFFLINE AFFAIRS

6.6.1 Idealizing online relationships

6.6.2 Object relations: Splitting

6.7 VIRTUAL AFFAIRS WITH AN AVATAR

6.8 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 7 Children's and Teens' Use of Digital Technologies

7.1 INTERNET USAGE

7.2 THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

7.3 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: HARMFUL OR EMPOWERING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?.

7.4 ILLEGAL CONTENT AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES

7.5 CYBERBULLYING AND CYBERHARASSMENT

7.6 SCAMS, CHILDREN AND TEENS

7.7 IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

7.8 ACTIVISM

7.9 RADICALIZATION

7.10 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 8 Online Education

8.1 TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING

8.2 E-LEARNING

8.3 E-LEARNING VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING

8.4 SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION WITHIN E-LEARNING

8.4.1 The importance of presence

8.4.2 Cognitive presence

8.5 MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY

8.6 SALMON'S STAGE MODEL OF E-LEARNING

8.7 3-D LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

8.7.1 Evaluating 3-D learning environments

8.8 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 9 Leisure and Entertainment

9.1 WHAT IS LEISURE AND WHAT MOTIVATES OUR PURSUIT OF IT?

9.2 ONLINE FAMILY LEISURE

9.3 OLDER ADULTS

9.4 TECHNOFERENCE: ENCROACHING ON LEISURE TIME WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS

9.5 TELECOMMUNICATION

9.6 TIME AND FUNCTIONAL DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS

9.7 TWITTER

9.8 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 10 Online Gaming and Gambling

10.1 INTERNET ADDICTION

10.2 INTERNET GAMBLING ADDICTION

10.3 INTERNET GAMING ADDICTION

10.4 AGGRESSIVE VIDEO GAMES

10.4.1 Social learning theory

10.4.2 Script theory

10.4.3 Frustration-aggression hypothesis

10.4.4 Cognitive neoassociation model

10.4.5 General aggression model

10.5 TRANSCENDING TABOOS: VIDEO GAMES

10.6 GAMES FOR LEARNING

10.7 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 11 Online Deception

11.1 DEFINING DECEPTION

11.2 DECEPTION IN CYBERSPACE

11.2.1 Identity-based deception

11.2.2 Munchausen by Internet

11.2.3 Message-based deception

11.3 DO WE LIE MORE ONLINE?

11.3.1 Theories to predict deception

11.4 DETECTING DECEPTION

11.5 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 12 Online Crimes: Scams, Fraud and Illegal Downloads.

12.1 PHISHING

12.2 VISHING

12.2.1 Number of victims

12.3 WHY ARE PEOPLE TRICKED BY PHISHING?

12.4 IMPROVING DETECTION

12.5 MASS-MARKETING FRAUD

12.6 AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

12.7 COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL ERRORS

12.8 WHAT TYPE OF PERSON TENDS TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MMF?

12.8.1 The role of the Internet

12.9 STAGES INVOLVED IN THE ONLINE DATING ROMANCE SCAM

12.10 ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS

12.11 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 13 Online Crimes: Cyberharassment, Hate Crimes and Cyberwarfare

13.1 ONLINE HARASSMENT AND STALKING

13.2 CYBERSTALKING AND THE LAW

13.3 PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROFILING CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS

13.4 HATE CRIMES

13.5 CYBERWARFARE

13.5.1 Hacktivists

13.6 SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING

13.7 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 14 Online Crimes: Child Pornography and Paedophilia

14.1 THE INTERNET AND THE INCREASE IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

14.2 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND THE LAW

14.2.1 Objective and functional aspects of child pornography content

14.2.2 Varying legal interpretations

14.2.3 Child pornography and the age of consent

14.3 PSEUDO-PHOTOGRAPHS

14.4 TYPES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS

14.4.1 Paraphilic disorder not otherwise specified

14.4.2 Collectors

14.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS

14.6 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND HANDS-ON OFFENDING

14.7 THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDING

14.7.1 Courtship disorder theory

14.7.2 Social learning theory

14.7.3 Finkelhor's precondition model

14.7.4 The pathways model and the integrated theory of sexual offending

14.8 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 15 Online Support and Health Care

15.1 THE INTERNET AND HEALTH

15.2 CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVATIONS

15.3 ONLINE HEALTH SEARCHING AND CYBERCHONDRIA.

15.4 SOCIAL MEDIA, GROUP FORUMS AND SUPPORT SITES

15.5 E‐THERAPY

15.6 ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF E-THERAPIES

15.7 IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AS AIDS TO TREATMENT

15.8 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 16 Concluding Thoughts

References

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Date of publication from resource description page (Safari, viewed January 11, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-394-25957-3

1-118-32112-X

1-118-32107-3

OCLC:

962154080