Monica T. Whitty

Cyberpsychology (eBook, PDF)

The Study of Individuals, Society and Digital Technologies
Redaktion: Young, Garry

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY An important new textbook for an exciting area of contemporary psychological study and research... The field of cyberpsychology examines the psychology of interactions between individuals, societies and digital technologies. This engaging and accessible textbook offers a complete introduction to the subject. The authors outline key theories, provide critical assessments, identify areas in need of further research, and discuss ways to use digital technologies as a research tool. They also include a wealth of real life examples, activities and discussion questions for students at undergraduate and graduate levels. Cyberpsychology provides up-to-date coverage of a wide range of topics relating to online behaviour, and considers the potential impact of these interactions offline: * online identity * online dating and relationships * pornography * cyberbullying * children's use of the Internet * online games and gambling * deception * online crime

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118321072
• Artikelnr.: 46894358

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables, Figures and Boxes x Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 The
'Self ' in Cyberspace 9 Chapter 3 Online Relationships 23 Chapter 4 Online
Dating 39 Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities 51 Chapter 6 Internet
Infidelity 62 Chapter 7 Children's and Teens' Use of Digital Technologies
73 Chapter 8 Online Education 86 Chapter 9 Leisure and Entertainment 101
Chapter 10 Online Gaming and Gambling 114 Chapter 11 Online Deception 128
Chapter 12 Online Crimes: Scams, Fraud and Illegal Downloads 141 Chapter 13
Online Crimes: Cyberharassment, Hate Crimes and Cyberwarfare 156 Chapter 14
Online Crimes: Child Pornography and Paedophilia 170 Chapter 15 Online
Support and Health Care 187 Chapter 16 Concluding Thoughts 200 References
203 Index 240