The Psychology of the Internet
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 11/26/2015
EAN 9781107079137, ISBN10: 1107079136
Hardcover, 404 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
An engaging and research-based text, The Psychology of the Internet provides a balanced overview of the psychological aspects of cyberspace. It explores crucial questions about the internet's effects on human behavior, such as why we often act in uncharacteristic ways in online environments and how social media influence the impressions we form and our personal relationships. The book's balanced approach to the subject encourages readers to think critically about the psychology of the internet, and how and why their own online behavior unfolds. Drawing on classic and contemporary research, this second edition examines new trends in internet technology, online dating, online aggression, group dynamics, child development, prosocial behavior, online gaming, gender and sexuality, privacy and surveillance, the net's addictive properties, and strategies for shaping the net's future.
1. The internet in a psychological context
2. Your online persona
the psychology of impression formation
3. Group dynamics on the internet
4. The psychology of online aggression
5. Liking and loving on the net
the psychology of interpersonal attraction
6. Altruism on the net
the psychology of prosocial behavior
7. The psychology of online gaming
8. Child development and the internet
growing up online
9. Gender issues and sexuality on the internet
10. The psychology of online privacy and surveillance
11. The internet as a time sink
12. Nurturing life on the internet.