Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
   1. TABLES
   2. FIGURES
   3. BOXES
4. 1 Introduction
5. 2 The ‘Self’ in Cyberspace
   1. 2.1 DEFINING THE ‘SELF’
   2. 2.2 THE SELF IN CYBERSPACE
   3. 2.3 DISEMBODIED SELVES IN CYBERSPACE
   4. 2.4 THE CYBORG SELF
   5. 2.5 GOFFMAN: PERFORMING SELF ONLINE
   6. 2.6 POSSIBLE SELVES IN CYBERSPACE
   7. 2.7 SOCIAL IDENTITIES IN CYBERSPACE
   8. 2.8 VISUALLY ANONYMOUS?
   9. 2.9 CONCLUSIONS
   10. SUGGESTED READINGS
6. 3 Online Relationships
   1. 3.1 TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: OFFLINE REALM
   2. 3.2 APPLYING OLD THEORIES TO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS
   3. 3.3 NEW THEORIES TO EXPLAIN ONLINE RELATING
   4. 3.4 A BRIEF HISTORY OF ONLINE RELATING
   5. 3.5 CONTEMPORARY ONLINE SPACES
   6. 3.6 INTERACTING IN VARIOUS SPACES
   7. 3.7 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD
   8. 3.8 CONCLUSIONS
   9. SUGGESTED READINGS
7. 4 Online Dating
   1. 4.1 WHAT IS AN ONLINE DATING SITE?
   2. 4.2 MOTIVATIONS FOR USING AN ONLINE DATING SITE
   3. 4.3 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ONLINE DATERS
   4. 4.4 COMPARING ONLINE DATING SITES WITH PERSONAL ADS
   5. 4.5 PRESENTING ONESELF ON AN ONLINE DATING SITE
   6. 4.6 DATING DECEPTION
   7. 4.7 A PERFECT MATCH OR A NUMBERS GAME?
   8. 4.8 STAGES IN THE ONLINE DATING PROCESS
   9. 4.9 CONCLUSIONS
   10. SUGGESTED READINGS
8. 5 Online Sexual Activities
   1. 5.1 THE BEGINNINGS OF INTERNET SEX
   2. 5.2 THE TRIPLE A ENGINE
   3. 5.3 CYBERSEX: DEBILITATING OR LIBERATING?
   4. 5.4 INTERACTIVE SEX ENTERTAINMENT
   5. 5.5 CYBERSEX ADDICTION
   6. 5.6 THE INTERNET AS AN ENABLER OF RISKY OFFLINE SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS
   7. 5.7 THE INTERNET AND SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION
   8. 5.8 SOCIAL SUPPORT AND EXPLORING SEXUALITY
   9. 5.9 TEENS AND RISKY SEXUAL ONLINE BEHAVIOUR
   10. 5.10 TELEDILDONICS AND THE FUTURE OF SEX IN CYBERSPACE
   11. 5.11 CONCLUSIONS
   12. SUGGESTED READINGS
9. 6 Internet Infidelity
   1. 6.1 DEFINING INTERNET INFIDELITY
   2. 6.2 UNFAITHFUL ONLINE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
   3. 6.3 VIRTUAL OR REAL?
   4. 6.4 EMOTIONAL INFIDELITY
   5. 6.5 GENDER DIFFERENCES: WHICH IS WORSE – SEX OR LOVE?
   6. 6.6 QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ONLINE AND OFFLINE AFFAIRS
   7. 6.7 VIRTUAL AFFAIRS WITH AN AVATAR
   8. 6.8 CONCLUSIONS
   9. SUGGESTED READINGS
10. 7 Children’s and Teens’ Use of Digital Technologies
    1. 7.1 INTERNET USAGE
    2. 7.2 THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
    3. 7.3 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: HARMFUL OR EMPOWERING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?
    4. 7.4 ILLEGAL CONTENT AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
    5. 7.5 CYBERBULLYING AND CYBERHARASSMENT
    6. 7.6 SCAMS, CHILDREN AND TEENS
    7. 7.7 IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT
    8. 7.8 ACTIVISM
    9. 7.9 RADICALIZATION
    10. 7.10 CONCLUSIONS
    11. SUGGESTED READINGS
11. 8 Online Education
    1. 8.1 TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING
    2. 8.2 E‐LEARNING
    3. 8.3 E‐LEARNING VERSUS FACE‐TO‐FACE LEARNING
    4. 8.4 SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION WITHIN E‐LEARNING
    5. 8.5 MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY
    6. 8.6 SALMON’S STAGE MODEL OF E‐LEARNING
    7. 8.7 3‐D LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
    8. 8.8 CONCLUSIONS
    9. SUGGESTED READINGS
12. 9 Leisure and Entertainment
    1. 9.1 WHAT IS LEISURE AND WHAT MOTIVATES OUR PURSUIT OF IT?
    2. 9.2 ONLINE FAMILY LEISURE
    3. 9.3 OLDER ADULTS
    4. 9.4 TECHNOFERENCE: ENCROACHING ON LEISURE TIME WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS
    5. 9.5 TELECOMMUNICATION
    6. 9.6 TIME AND FUNCTIONAL DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS
    7. 9.7 TWITTER
    8. 9.8 CONCLUSIONS
    9. SUGGESTED READINGS
13. 10 Online Gaming and Gambling
    1. 10.1 INTERNET ADDICTION
    2. 10.2 INTERNET GAMBLING ADDICTION
    3. 10.3 INTERNET GAMING ADDICTION
    4. 10.4 AGGRESSIVE VIDEO GAMES
    5. 10.5 TRANSCENDING TABOOS: VIDEO GAMES
    6. 10.6 GAMES FOR LEARNING
    7. 10.7 CONCLUSIONS
    8. SUGGESTED READINGS
14. 11 Online Deception
    1. 11.1 DEFINING DECEPTION
    2. 11.2 DECEPTION IN CYBERSPACE
    3. 11.3 DO WE LIE MORE ONLINE?
    4. 11.4 DETECTING DECEPTION
    5. 11.5 CONCLUSIONS
    6. SUGGESTED READINGS
15. 12 Online Crimes: Scams, Fraud and Illegal Downloads
    1. 12.1 PHISHING
    2. 12.2 VISHING
    3. 12.3 WHY ARE PEOPLE TRICKED BY PHISHING?
    4. 12.4 IMPROVING DETECTION
    5. 12.5 MASS‐MARKETING FRAUD
    6. 12.6 AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS
    7. 12.7 COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL ERRORS
    8. 12.8 WHAT TYPE OF PERSON TENDS TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MMF?
    9. 12.9 STAGES INVOLVED IN THE ONLINE DATING ROMANCE SCAM
    10. 12.10 ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS
    11. 12.11 CONCLUSIONS
    12. SUGGESTED READINGS
16. 13 Online Crimes: Cyberharassment, Hate Crimes and Cyberwarfare
    1. 13.1 ONLINE HARASSMENT AND STALKING
    2. 13.2 CYBERSTALKING AND THE LAW
    3. 13.3 PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROFILING CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS
    4. 13.4 HATE CRIMES
    5. 13.5 CYBERWARFARE
    6. 13.6 SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING
    7. 13.7 CONCLUSIONS
    8. SUGGESTED READINGS
17. 14 Online Crimes: Child Pornography and Paedophilia
    1. 14.1 THE INTERNET AND THE INCREASE IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
    2. 14.2 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND THE LAW
    3. 14.3 PSEUDO‐PHOTOGRAPHS
    4. 14.4 TYPES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS
    5. 14.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS
    6. 14.6 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND HANDS‐ON OFFENDING
    7. 14.7 THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDING
    8. 14.8 CONCLUSIONS
    9. SUGGESTED READINGS
18. 15 Online Support and Health Care
    1. 15.1 THE INTERNET AND HEALTH
    2. 15.2 CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVATIONS
    3. 15.3 ONLINE HEALTH SEARCHING AND CYBERCHONDRIA
    4. 15.4 SOCIAL MEDIA, GROUP FORUMS AND SUPPORT SITES
    5. 15.5 E‐THERAPY
    6. 15.6 ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF E‐THERAPIES
    7. 15.7 IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AS AIDS TO TREATMENT
    8. 15.8 CONCLUSIONS
    9. SUGGESTED READINGS
19. 16 Concluding Thoughts
20. References
21. Index
22. End User License Agreement

List of Tables

1. Chapter 07
   1. Table 7.1 Opportunities and risks relating to young people’s use of the Internet (adapted from Livingstone, 2009)
2. Chapter 11
   1. Table 11.1 The feature‐based model: ranking predictions of likelihood of lying (adapted from Hancock et al., 2004)
3. Chapter 12
   1. Table 12.1 Errors in decision‐making with respect to scams (identified by Lea et al. 2009a, p. 24)

List of Illustrations

1. Chapter 08
   1. Figure 8.1 Measures of learning performance
2. Chapter 10
   1. Figure 10.1 The general aggression model’s episodic processes
3. Chapter 12
   1. Figure 12.1 Example of a phishing email

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