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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext An important new BPS Textbook in Psychology exploring the interactions between individuals, societies, and digital technologies* Outlines key theories and empirical research within cyberpsychology and provides critical assessments of this rapidly changing field* Identifies areas in need of further research and ways to use digital technologies as a research tool* Covers topics such as online identity, online relationships and dating, pornography, children's use of the internet, cyberbullying, online games and gambling, and deception and online crime* Engaging and accessible for students at the undergraduate and graduate level with real life examples, activities, and discussion questions Zusammenfassung Cyberpsychology is a new textbook designed for both undergraduate and graduate students in psychology. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables, Figures and Boxes x Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 The 'Self' in Cyberspace 9 2.1 Defining the 'Self' 9 2.2 The self in cyberspace 13 2.3 Disembodied selves in cyberspace 13 2.4 The cyborg self 16 2.5 Goffman: Performing self online 17 2.6 Possible selves in cyberspace 18 2.7 Social identities in cyberspace 19 2.8 Visually anonymous? 20 2.9 Conclusions 21 Chapter 3 Online Relationships 23 3.1 Traditional relationships: Offline realm 23 3.2 Applying old theories to online relationships 25 3.3 New theories to explain online relating 27 3.4 A brief history of online relating 30 3.5 Contemporary online spaces 33 3.6 Interacting in various spaces 36 3.7 Future development in the field 37 3.8 Conclusions 37 Chapter 4 Online Dating 39 4.1 What is an online dating site? 39 4.2 Motivations for using an online dating site 40 4.3 Psychological characteristics of online daters 41 4.4 Comparing online dating sites with personal ads 42 4.5 Presenting oneself on an online dating site 43 4.6 Dating deception 44 4.7 A perfect match or a numbers game? 45 4.8 Stages in the online dating process 46 4.9 Conclusions 49 Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities 51 5.1 The beginnings of Internet sex 51 5.2 The Triple A Engine 52 5.3 Cybersex: debilitating or liberating? 53 5.4 Interactive sex entertainment 54 5.5 Cybersex addiction 54 5.6 The Internet as an enabler of risky offline sexual encounters 55 5.7 The Internet and sexual health information 56 5.8 Social support and exploring sexuality 57 5.9 Teens and risky sexual online behaviour 58 5.10 Teledildonics and the future of sex in cyberspace 60 5.11 Conclusions 60 Chapter 6 Internet Infidelity 62 6.1 Defining Internet infidelity 63 6.2 Unfaithful online sexual activities 63 6.3 Virtual or real? 65 6.4 Emotional infidelity 65 6.5 Gender differences: Which is worse - ...
