- Cover
- Title Page
- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The ‘Self’ in Cyberspace
- 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
- 9 Leisure and Entertainment
- 10 Online Gaming and Gambling
- 11 Online Deception
- 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
- 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
Cyberpsychology
The Study of Individuals, Society and Digital Technologies
MONICA THERESE WHITTY
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UK
GARRY YOUNG
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, UK
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