Social Net - Understanding Our Online Behavior

Zusatztext The new edition presents a wide range of articles by distinguished scholars. Each article examines the relationship of individual personalities with other individuals and groups in different contexts. The common thread of each article is the impact of the internet on each context and their participants. The interaction between individuals and groups as well as the dissemination of information is accelerating geometrically. This book provides a snapshot of thepositive and negative aspects of our present circumstance and an idea of our future in the contexts of leadership! persuasion! romance! and decision making as impacted by the internet.This book is unique in that it provides you an opportunity to remain abreast with our rapidly evolving lives. Informationen zum Autor Yair Amichai-Hamburger, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel Kevin Askew, University of South Florida, USA Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University, USA Caryn Conley, Florida Atlantic University, USA Michael D. Coovert, University of South Florida, USA Jack Glaser Goldman, School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Beatrice Hasler, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel Zack Hayat, University of Toronto, Canada Crystal L. Hoyt, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, USA Kimberly B. Kahn, Portland State University, Department of Psychology, USA Yoram Kalman, Open University, Israel Daniel Linz ,UCLA, USA William McKeever, Student University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Neal Malamuth, UCLA, USA Jae Yun Moon, Korea University, The Republic of Korea Daphne Raban, Haifa University, Israel Sheizaf Rafaeli, Haifa University, Israel Edward Sargis, University of Illinois at Chicargo, USA Erin M. Schumaker, The Klappentext In the past two decades, the Internet has come to dominate every aspect of everyday life. The new edition of 'The Social Net' explores an exploration of the social aspects of the Internet. It provides the reader with a insights into the negative and positive influences of the net and can be used as a guide on how to usethe net to improve wellbeing. The new edition presents a wide range of articles by distinguished scholars. Each article examines the relationship of individual personalities with other individuals and groups in different contexts. The common thread of each article is the impact of the internet on each context and their participants. The interaction between individuals and groups as well as the dissemination of information is accelerating geometrically. This book provides a snapshot of the positive and negative aspects of our present circumstance and an idea of our future in the contexts of leadership, persuasion, romance, and decision making as impacted by the internet. This book is unique in that it provides you an opportunity to remain abreast with our rapidly evolving lives. Amazon Customer Reviews, March 2013 Zusammenfassung In the past two decades, the Internet has come to dominate every aspect of everyday life. The new edition of 'The Social Net' explores an exploration of the social aspects of the Internet. It provides the reader with a insights into the negative and positive influences of the net and can be used as a guide on how to usethe net to improve wellbeing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Yair Amichai-Hamburger and Zack Hayat: Personality and the Internet; 2 Yoram M Kalman, Daphne R Raban and Sheizaf Rafaeli: Netified: Social cognition in crowds and clouds; 3 Kathryn Segovia and Jeremy Bailenson: Identity Manipulation - What Happens When Identity Presentation is Not Truthful; 4 Monica Whitty: Online Romantic Relationships; 5 Brandon Van Der Heide and Erin M. Schumaker: Computer-Mediated Persuasion and Compliance: Social Influence on the Internet and Beyond; 6 Kevin Askew and Michael D. Coovert: Online Decision Making; 7 Neil Malamuth, Daniel Linz and Rene Weber: The Internet and Aggression: Motivation, D...

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In the past two decades, the Internet has come to dominate every aspect of everyday life. The new edition of 'The Social Net' explores an exploration of the social aspects of the Internet. It provides the reader with a insights into the negative and positive influences of the net and can be used as a guide on how to usethe net to improve wellbeing.

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• Authors: Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Yair (Director Amichai-Hamburger
• Assisted by: Yair Amichai-Hamburger (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9780199639540
• ISBN: 978-0-19-963954-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet