Ethical Challenges in Digital Psychology and Cyberpsychology

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Cyberpsychology theory and praxes: Ethical and methodological considerations; 2. Ethical approaches to cyberpsychology; 3. Digital and extended selves in cyberspace; 4. Neuroethics and the future of cyberpsychology; Part II. Ethical Cyberpsychology Research and Interventions with Special Populations: 5. Cyberlearning and ethical considerations for using technology with children; 6. Cyberpsychology, aging, and gerontechnology; 7. Problematic Internet use, online gambling, smartphones, and videogames; 8. Telepsychology and the ethical delivery of eTherapy; Part III. Ethical Issues in Social Media and Internet Research: 9. Social media ethics Section 1: Facebook, Twitter, and Google - oh my!; 10. Social media ethics Section 2: Ethical research with social media; 11. Social media ethics Section 3: Digital Citizenship; Part IV. Applied Ethical Considerations: 12. Virtual reality ethics; 13. Videogames, videogamers, and the ethics of videogame design.

About the author

Thomas D. Parsons is Director of the NetDragon Digital Research Centre and the Computational Neuropsychology and Simulation (CNS) Lab at University of North Texas (UNT). He is full Professor at UNT and a clinical neuropsychologist. In addition to his patents for eHarmony.com's Matching System, he has invented and validated several virtual environments.

Summary

Written for researchers, students, and professionals, this book offers cyberpsychologists a resource for grappling with the ethical implications of cyberpsychology research, tools, and discoveries. Using digital psychology, it discusses the ways in which technology is increasingly becoming a part of personhood and the resulting ethical issues.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas D. Parsons, Thomas D. (University of North Texas) Parsons, Parsons Thomas D.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108428781
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42878-1
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Popular psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Human–computer interaction, COMPUTERS / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human reproduction, growth & development, Human reproduction, growth and development