The social net : understanding our online behavior / edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amichai-Hamburger, Yair.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet users--Psychology.

Internet users.

Cyberspace--Psychological aspects.

Cyberspace.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do people fall in love on the Internet? Why is cyberspace such a violent place? This volume answers these and many other questions, focusing on the psychological well-being of Internet users and the commercial benefits of understanding online behaviour.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1 Internet and Personality; 2 Netified: Social Cognition in Crowds and Clouds; 3 Identity Manipulation - What Happens When Identity Presentation is Not Truthful; 4 Online Romantic Relationships; 5 Computer-Mediated Persuasion and Compliance: Social Influence on the Internet and Beyond; 6 Online Decision-Making; 7 The Internet and Aggression: Motivation, Disinhibitory, and Opportunity Aspects; 8 The Kindness of Strangers: Prosocial Behavior on the Internet; 9 Groups and Computer-Mediated Communication

10 Leadership within Virtual Contexts11 Online Prejudice and Discrimination: From Dating to Hating; 12 Online Intergroup Contact; 13 The Internet as Psychological Laboratory Revisited: Best Practices, Challenges, and Solutions; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-164822-1

0-19-963954-X

OCLC:

922972393