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<p>List of Tables, Figures and Boxes x</p> <p><b>Chapter 1 Introduction 1</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 2 The 'Self' in Cyberspace 9</b></p> <p>2.1 Defining the 'Self' 9</p> <p>2.2 The self in cyberspace 13</p> <p>2.3 Disembodied selves in cyberspace 13</p> <p>2.4 The cyborg self 16</p> <p>2.5 Goffman: Performing self online 17</p> <p>2.6 Possible selves in cyberspace 18</p> <p>2.7 Social identities in cyberspace 19</p> <p>2.8 Visually anonymous? 20</p> <p>2.9 Conclusions 21</p> <p><b>Chapter 3 Online Relationships 23</b></p> <p>3.1 Traditional relationships: Offline realm 23</p> <p>3.2 Applying old theories to online relationships 25</p> <p>3.3 New theories to explain online relating 27</p> <p>3.4 A brief history of online relating 30</p> <p>3.5 Contemporary online spaces 33</p> <p>3.6 Interacting in various spaces 36</p> <p>3.7 Future development in the field 37</p> <p>3.8 Conclusions 37</p> <p><b>Chapter 4 Online Dating 39</b></p> <p>4.1 What is an online dating site? 39</p> <p>4.2 Motivations for using an online dating site 40</p> <p>4.3 Psychological characteristics of online daters 41</p> <p>4.4 Comparing online dating sites with personal ads 42</p> <p>4.5 Presenting oneself on an online dating site 43</p> <p>4.6 Dating deception 44</p> <p>4.7 A perfect match or a numbers game? 45</p> <p>4.8 Stages in the online dating process 46</p> <p>4.9 Conclusions 49</p> <p><b>Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities 51</b></p> <p>5.1 The beginnings of Internet sex 51</p> <p>5.2 The Triple A Engine 52</p> <p>5.3 Cybersex: debilitating or liberating? 53</p> <p>5.4 Interactive sex entertainment 54</p> <p>5.5 Cybersex addiction 54</p> <p>5.6 The Internet as an enabler of risky offline sexual encounters 55</p> <p>5.7 The Internet and sexual health information 56</p> <p>5.8 Social support and exploring sexuality 57</p> <p>5.9 Teens and risky sexual online behaviour 58</p> <p>5.10 Teledildonics and the future of sex in cyberspace 60</p> <p>5.11 Conclusions 60</p> <p><b>Chapter 6 Internet Infidelity 62</b></p> <p>6.1 Defining Internet infidelity 63</p> <p>6.2 Unfaithful online sexual activities 63</p> <p>6.3 Virtual or real? 65</p> <p>6.4 Emotional infidelity 65</p> <p>6.5 Gender differences: Which is worse – sex or love? 66</p> <p>6.6 Qualitative differences between online and offline affairs 68</p> <p>6.7 Virtual affairs with an avatar 70</p> <p>6.8 Conclusions 71</p> <p><b>Chapter 7 Children's and Teens' Use of Digital Technologies 73</b></p> <p>7.1 Internet usage 73</p> <p>7.2 The digital divide 74</p> <p>7.3 Digital technologies: Harmful or empowering for young people? 75</p> <p>7.4 Illegal content and illegal activities 76</p> <p>7.5 Cyberbullying and cyberharassment 77</p> <p>7.6 Scams, children and teens 79</p> <p>7.7 Identity development 80</p> <p>7.8 Activism 81</p> <p>7.9 Radicalization 82</p> <p>7.10 Conclusions 84</p> <p><b>Chapter 8 Online Education 86</b></p> <p>8.1 Technology and learning 86</p> <p>8.2 E-learning 87</p> <p>8.3 E-learning versus face-to-face learning 89</p> <p>8.4 Synchronous and asynchronous communication within e-learning 90</p> <p>8.5 Media richness theory 93</p> <p>8.6 Salmon's stage model of e-learning 95</p> <p>8.7 3-D learning environments 96</p> <p>8.8 Conclusions 99</p> <p><b>Chapter 9 Leisure and Entertainment 101</b></p> <p>9.1 What is leisure and what motivates our pursuit of it? 101</p> <p>9.2 Online family leisure 103</p> <p>9.3 Older adults 103</p> <p>9.4 Technoference: Encroaching on leisure time within relationships 104</p> <p>9.5 Telecommunication 105</p> <p>9.6 Time and functional displacement effects 106</p> <p>9.7 Twitter 110</p> <p>9.8 Conclusions 112</p> <p><b>Chapter 10 Online Gaming and Gambling 114</b></p> <p>10.1 Internet addiction 114</p> <p>10.2 Internet gambling addiction 116</p> <p>10.3 Internet gaming addiction 117</p> <p>10.4 Aggressive video games 118</p> <p>10.5 Transcending taboos: video games 123</p> <p>10.6 Games for learning 124</p> <p>10.7 Conclusions 126</p> <p><b>Chapter 11 Online Deception 128</b></p> <p>11.1 Defining deception 128</p> <p>11.2 Deception in cyberspace 129</p> <p>11.3 Do we lie more online? 133</p> <p>11.4 Detecting deception 137</p> <p>11.5 Conclusions 138</p> <p><b>Chapter 12 Online Crimes: Scams, Fraud and Illegal Downloads 141</b></p> <p>12.1 Phishing 142</p> <p>12.2 Vishing 143</p> <p>12.3 Why are people tricked by phishing? 144</p> <p>12.4 Improving detection 146</p> <p>12.5 Mass-marketing fraud 146</p> <p>12.6 Awareness campaigns 149</p> <p>12.7 Cognitive and motivational errors 150</p> <p>12.8 What type of person tends to be susceptible to MMF? 151</p> <p>12.9 Stages involved in the online dating romance scam 152</p> <p>12.10 Illegal downloads 152</p> <p>12.11 Conclusions 154</p> <p><b>Chapter 13 Online Crimes: Cyberharassment, Hate Crimes and Cyberwarfare 156</b></p> <p>13.1 Online harassment and stalking 156</p> <p>13.2 Cyberstalking and the law 158</p> <p>13.3 Psychologically profiling criminals and victims 159</p> <p>13.4 Hate crimes 160</p> <p>13.5 Cyberwarfare 162</p> <p>13.6 Surveillance and monitoring 165</p> <p>13.7 Conclusions 168</p> <p><b>Chapter 14 Online Crimes: Child Pornography and Paedophilia 170</b></p> <p>14.1 The internet and the increase in child pornography 171</p> <p>14.2 Child pornography and the law 172</p> <p>14.3 Pseudo-photographs 174</p> <p>14.4 Types of child pornography offenders 176</p> <p>14.5 Characteristics of child pornography offenders 179</p> <p>14.6 The relationship between child pornography and hands-on offending 180</p> <p>14.7 Theoretical approaches to child pornography offending 181</p> <p>14.8 Conclusions 185</p> <p><b>Chapter 15 Online Support and Health Care 187</b></p> <p>15.1 The internet and health 187</p> <p>15.2 Characteristics and motivations 188</p> <p>15.3 Online health searching and cyberchondria 189</p> <p>15.4 Social media, group forums and support sites 191</p> <p>15.5 E-therapy 193</p> <p>15.6 Assessing the effectiveness of e-therapies 196</p> <p>15.7 Immersive virtual environments as aids to treatment 197</p> <p>15.8 Conclusions 198</p> <p><b>Chapter 16 Concluding Thoughts 200</b></p> <p>References 203</p> <p>Index 240</p>

<p><b>Monica T. Whitty</b> 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.</p> <p><b>Garry Young</b> 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.

<p><b>An important new textbook for an exciting area of contemporary psychological study and research… </b></p> <p>The field of cyberpsychology examines the psychology of interactions between individuals, societies and digital technologies. This engaging and accessible textbook offers a complete introduction to the subject. The authors outline key theories, provide critical assessments, identify areas in need of further research, and discuss ways to use digital technologies as a research tool. They also include a wealth of real life examples, activities and discussion questions for students at undergraduate and graduate levels.</p> <p><i>Cyberpsychology</i> provides up-to-date coverage of a wide range of topics relating to online behaviour, and considers the potential impact of these interactions offline:</p> <ul> <li>online identity</li> <li>online dating and relationships</li> <li>pornography</li> <li>cyberbullying</li> <li>children’s use of the Internet</li> <li>online games and gambling</li> <li>deception</li> <li>online crime</li> </ul>

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