Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology

by Joinson, Adam; McKenna, Katelyn; Postmes, Tom; Reips, Ulf-Dietrich

• ISBN13: 9780198568001
• ISBN10: 0198568002
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Library of Psychology is a major new publishing initiative. Over the coming years it will come to define what psychology is, and where it is going. Comprising of a vast range of individual handbooks, all edited and written by the leaders in their respective fields, the library will map out the entire field of psychology. It will cover major subsections, such as social psychology and cognitive psychology, as well as smaller, though no less important fields, like audition, haptic processing, evolutionary psychology and social neuroscience. What do we know about how people behave in cyberspace? Since the birth of the internet, we have witnessed alarming demonstrations of just how the power of the internet can be harnessed by those with darker motives - terrorists, sexual offenders, criminals. What is it about this unique environment that might cause people to behave in ways they might never consider in the outside world? As more and more scientists become interested in establishing how the internet environment changes the way we think, behave, and take responsibility, the Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology provides the definitve reference work on internet behaviour. In 45 chapters, all written especially for the volume, it sets out our current knowledge of behaviour on the internet, and where future research will take us.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Interaction and Interactivity

Social interaction and the internet: A comparative analysis of surveys in the US and Britain

Love letters: The development of romantic relationships throughout the ages

Trust and social interaction on the internet

Trust in mediated interactions

Assessing interactivity in CMC research

Social psychology of interactivity in human-website interaction

Groups and Communities

Characterizing online groups

Social networks and online community

Online social support groups

Psychology, discrimination and hate groups online

The psychological dimensions of collective action online

Personality, Self and Identity

Personality. individual differences and internet use

Through the internet looking glass: Expressing and validating the true self

Impression management and identity online

Self-disclosure, privacy and the internet

CMC and social identity

Psychological Aspects of Internet Use

Attitude change and social influence on the net

Digital deception: Why, when and how people lie online

Phantom emotions: Psychological determinants of emotional experiences on the internet

Internet use and abuse and psychological problems

Examining the role of the internet in health behaviour

Toyko youth at leisure: Online support of leisure outings

Internet-based Research

Ulf-Dietrich Reips: The methodology of internet-based experiments

Designing internet-based experiments

Gathering data on the internet: Qualitative approaches and possibilities for mixed methods and research

Context effects in internet surveys: New issues and evidence

Personality testing on the internet: What we know, and what we do not

Technical considerations when implementing online research

Using online panels in psychological research

Internet research ethics

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