Cyberpsychology by Whitty, Monica T. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Table of Contents List of Tables, Figures and Boxes

TABLES FIGURES BOXES

1 Introduction 2 The ‘Self’ in Cyberspace

2.1 DEFINING THE ‘SELF’ 2.2 THE SELF IN CYBERSPACE 2.3 DISEMBODIED SELVES IN CYBERSPACE 2.4 THE CYBORG SELF 2.5 GOFFMAN: PERFORMING SELF ONLINE 2.6 POSSIBLE SELVES IN CYBERSPACE 2.7 SOCIAL IDENTITIES IN CYBERSPACE 2.8 VISUALLY ANONYMOUS? 2.9 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

3 Online Relationships

3.1 TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: OFFLINE REALM 3.2 APPLYING OLD THEORIES TO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS 3.3 NEW THEORIES TO EXPLAIN ONLINE RELATING 3.4 A BRIEF HISTORY OF ONLINE RELATING 3.5 CONTEMPORARY ONLINE SPACES 3.6 INTERACTING IN VARIOUS SPACES 3.7 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD 3.8 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

4 Online Dating

4.1 WHAT IS AN ONLINE DATING SITE? 4.2 MOTIVATIONS FOR USING AN ONLINE DATING SITE 4.3 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ONLINE DATERS 4.4 COMPARING ONLINE DATING SITES WITH PERSONAL ADS 4.5 PRESENTING ONESELF ON AN ONLINE DATING SITE 4.6 DATING DECEPTION 4.7 A PERFECT MATCH OR A NUMBERS GAME? 4.8 STAGES IN THE ONLINE DATING PROCESS 4.9 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

5 Online Sexual Activities

5.1 THE BEGINNINGS OF INTERNET SEX 5.2 THE TRIPLE A ENGINE 5.3 CYBERSEX: DEBILITATING OR LIBERATING? 5.4 INTERACTIVE SEX ENTERTAINMENT 5.5 CYBERSEX ADDICTION 5.6 THE INTERNET AS AN ENABLER OF RISKY OFFLINE SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS 5.7 THE INTERNET AND SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION 5.8 SOCIAL SUPPORT AND EXPLORING SEXUALITY 5.9 TEENS AND RISKY SEXUAL ONLINE BEHAVIOUR 5.10 TELEDILDONICS AND THE FUTURE OF SEX IN CYBERSPACE 5.11 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

6 Internet Infidelity

6.1 DEFINING INTERNET INFIDELITY 6.2 UNFAITHFUL ONLINE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES 6.3 VIRTUAL OR REAL? 6.4 EMOTIONAL INFIDELITY 6.5 GENDER DIFFERENCES: WHICH IS WORSE – SEX OR LOVE? 6.6 QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ONLINE AND OFFLINE AFFAIRS 6.7 VIRTUAL AFFAIRS WITH AN AVATAR 6.8 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

7 Children’s and Teens’ Use of Digital Technologies

7.1 INTERNET USAGE 7.2 THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 7.3 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: HARMFUL OR EMPOWERING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE? 7.4 ILLEGAL CONTENT AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES 7.5 CYBERBULLYING AND CYBERHARASSMENT 7.6 SCAMS, CHILDREN AND TEENS 7.7 IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT 7.8 ACTIVISM 7.9 RADICALIZATION 7.10 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

8 Online Education

8.1 TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING 8.2 E‐LEARNING 8.3 E‐LEARNING VERSUS FACE‐TO‐FACE LEARNING 8.4 SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION WITHIN E‐LEARNING 8.5 MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY 8.6 SALMON’S STAGE MODEL OF E‐LEARNING 8.7 3‐D LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 8.8 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

9 Leisure and Entertainment

9.1 WHAT IS LEISURE AND WHAT MOTIVATES OUR PURSUIT OF IT? 9.2 ONLINE FAMILY LEISURE 9.3 OLDER ADULTS 9.4 TECHNOFERENCE: ENCROACHING ON LEISURE TIME WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS 9.5 TELECOMMUNICATION 9.6 TIME AND FUNCTIONAL DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS 9.7 TWITTER 9.8 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

10 Online Gaming and Gambling

10.1 INTERNET ADDICTION 10.2 INTERNET GAMBLING ADDICTION 10.3 INTERNET GAMING ADDICTION 10.4 AGGRESSIVE VIDEO GAMES 10.5 TRANSCENDING TABOOS: VIDEO GAMES 10.6 GAMES FOR LEARNING 10.7 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

11 Online Deception

11.1 DEFINING DECEPTION 11.2 DECEPTION IN CYBERSPACE 11.3 DO WE LIE MORE ONLINE? 11.4 DETECTING DECEPTION 11.5 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

12 Online Crimes: Scams, Fraud and Illegal Downloads

12.1 PHISHING 12.2 VISHING 12.3 WHY ARE PEOPLE TRICKED BY PHISHING? 12.4 IMPROVING DETECTION 12.5 MASS‐MARKETING FRAUD 12.6 AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS 12.7 COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL ERRORS 12.8 WHAT TYPE OF PERSON TENDS TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MMF? 12.9 STAGES INVOLVED IN THE ONLINE DATING ROMANCE SCAM 12.10 ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS 12.11 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

13 Online Crimes: Cyberharassment, Hate Crimes and Cyberwarfare

13.1 ONLINE HARASSMENT AND STALKING 13.2 CYBERSTALKING AND THE LAW 13.3 PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROFILING CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS 13.4 HATE CRIMES 13.5 CYBERWARFARE 13.6 SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING 13.7 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

14 Online Crimes: Child Pornography and Paedophilia

14.1 THE INTERNET AND THE INCREASE IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 14.2 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND THE LAW 14.3 PSEUDO‐PHOTOGRAPHS 14.4 TYPES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS 14.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS 14.6 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND HANDS‐ON OFFENDING 14.7 THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDING 14.8 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

15 Online Support and Health Care

15.1 THE INTERNET AND HEALTH 15.2 CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVATIONS 15.3 ONLINE HEALTH SEARCHING AND CYBERCHONDRIA 15.4 SOCIAL MEDIA, GROUP FORUMS AND SUPPORT SITES 15.5 E‐THERAPY 15.6 ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF E‐THERAPIES 15.7 IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AS AIDS TO TREATMENT 15.8 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED READINGS

16 Concluding Thoughts References Index End User License Agreement