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The cyber effect : a pioneering cyberpsychologist explains how human behavior changes online / Mary Aiken, PhD.

Aiken, Mary, (author.).

Summary:

From one of the world's leading experts in cyberpsychology--a discipline that combines psychology, forensics, and technology--comes a groundbreaking exploration of the impact of technology on human behavior. In the first book of its kind, Mary Aiken applies her expertise in cyber-behavioral analysis to a range of subjects, including criminal activity on the Deep Web and Darknet; deviant behavior; Internet addictions; the impact of technology on the developing child; teenagers and the Web; cyber-romance and cyber-friendships; cyberchondria; the future of artificial intelligence; and the positive effects on our digital selves, such as online altruism.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780812997859
  • Physical Description: 387 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2016.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: When humans and technology collide -- The normalization of a fetish -- Designed to addict -- Cyber babies -- Frankenstein and the little girl -- Teenagers, monkeys, and mirrors -- Cyber romance -- Cyberchondria and the worried well -- What lies beneath: the Deep Web -- The cyber frontier.
Subject: Human behavior.
Internet users > Psychology.
Interpersonal relations > Psychological aspects.
Social psychology.

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