The social net
Subtitle: understanding our online behavior
By: edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780191648229; 9780191747748; 9781299753396; 9780199639540
Subjects: Commerce électronique; Web; Société de l'information; Psychology; Vie sociale; Analyse sociologique; COMPUTERS; Internet; Networking; Aspects psychologiques; General; Psychological aspects; Social psychology; Cyberspace; Protection de la vie privée; Internet users; Comportement; Intranets & Extranets; Sozialpsychologie; Sozialverhalten; Télécommunications; Réseaux sociaux en ligne
Description: How do people fall in love on the Internet? Why is cyberspace such a violent place? This volume answers these and many other questions, focusing on the psychological well-being of Internet users and the commercial benefits of understanding online behaviour.
Notes: Previous edition: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Internet and personality / Yair Amichai-Hamburger and Zack Hayat; title: Netified : social cognition in crowds and clouds / Yoram M. Kalman, Daphne R. Raban, and Sheizaf Rafaeli; title: Identity manipulation : what happens when identity presentation is not truthful / Kathryn Y. Segovia and Jeremy N. Bailenson; title: Online romantic relationships / Monica T. Whitty; title: Computer-mediated persuasion and compliance : social influence on the Internet and beyond / Brandon Van Der Heide and Erin M. Schumaker; title: Online decision-making / Kevin Askew and Michael D. Coovert; title: The Internet and aggression : motivation, disinhibitory, and opportunity aspects / Neil Malamuth, Daniel Linz, and René Weber; title: The kindness of strangers : prosocial behavior on the Internet / Lee Sproull, Caryn A. Conley, and Jae Yun Moon; title: Groups and computer-mediated communication / Joseph B. Walther; title: Leadership within virtual contexts / Crystal L. Hoyt; title: Online prejudice and discrimination : from dating to hating / Kimberly Barsamian Kahn, Katherine Spencer, and Jack Glaser; title: Online intergroup contact / Béatrice S. Hasler and Yair Amichai-Hamburger; title: The Internet as psychological laboratory revisited : best practices, challenges, and solutions / Edward G. Sargis, Linda J. Skitka, and William McKeever.