Introduction to Cyberpsychology

An Introduction to Cyberpsychology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing discipline. Fully updated in its second edition, the book encourages students to critically evaluate the psychology of online interactions, and to develop appropriate research methodologies to complete their own work in this field.

List of contents

Part 1: Introduction
Interview 1: Cyberpsychology in Professional Practice
Itayi Viriri
1. Introduction to Cyberpsychology
Gráinne Kirwan
2. Conducting Online Research
Brendan Rooney
Part 2: Human interaction online
Interview 2: Cyberpsychology in Professional Practice
Lee Kelly
3. Computer-Mediated Communication and Online Media
Gráinne Kirwan
4. Self and Identity in Cyberspace
Irene Connolly
5. The dark Side of the Internet
Hannah Barton and Derek Laffan
6. Love and Relationships Online
Nicola Fox Hamilton
7. Attention and Distraction Online
John Greaney and Emma Mathias
8. The Dynamics of Groups Online
Olivia Hurley
9. Persuasion and Compliance in Cyberspace
Hannah Barton
10. Privacy and Trust Online
Grainne Kirwan
Part 3: Applied Cyberpsychology
Interview 3: Cyberpsychology in Professional Practice
Fardus Sultan
11. Forensic Cyberpsychology
Grainne Kirwan
12. Cyberpsychology and Psychopathology
Cliona Flood and Audrey Stenson
13. Sport & Health Cyberpsychology
Olivia Hurley
14. The Online Workplace
Cliona Flood and Audrey Stenson
15. The Internet as an Educational Space
Marion Palmer
16. Consumer Cyberpsychology and Online marketing
Nicola Fox Hamilton
17. Young People and the Internet
Irene Connolly
18. Older adults in the Digital Age
Liam Challenor
Part 4: Psychology and Technology
Interview 4: Cyberpsychology in Professional Practice
Phelim May
19. Human-Computer Interaction
Andrew Errity
20. Gaming
David Hayes, Andrew Errity, Brendan Rooney, and Conall Tunney
21. Psychological Applications of Virtual and Augmented/Mixed Reality
Grainne Kirwan
22. The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence
Grainne Kirwan

About the author

Gráinne Kirwan is a Lecturer in Psychology at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland.
Irene Connolly is Lecturer in Developmental and Educational Psychology at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland.
Hannah Barton is a Lecturer in Psychology at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland.
Marion Palmer is the former Head of the Department of Technology and Psychology at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland.

Summary

An Introduction to Cyberpsychology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing discipline. Fully updated in its second edition, the book encourages students to critically evaluate the psychology of online interactions, and to develop appropriate research methodologies to complete their own work in this field.

Product details

• Authors: Grainne Connolly Kirwan
• Assisted by: Hannah Barton (Editor), Barton Hannah (Editor), Irene Connolly (Editor), Connolly Irene (Editor), Gráinne Kirwan (Editor), Marion Palmer (Editor), Palmer Marion (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9780367636418
• ISBN: 978-0-367-63641-8
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: BPS Core Textbooks Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, computer science, Humanities, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects