Cyberpsychology The Study of Individuals, Society and Digital Technologies
by Whitty, Monica T.; Young, GarryEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2016-12-27
Publisher(s): BPS Blackwell
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Summary
Cyberpsychology is a new textbook designed for both undergraduate and graduate students in psychology. The first textbook in this growth area, it sets out key theories and empirical research in the dynamic and rapidly-growing field of cyberpsychology, which is the study of the psychological interaction between individuals, societies, and digital technology. Topical issues addressed include online identity, online dating, childrens use of the Internet, and more.
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
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
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