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Author:

Aiken, Mary, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Spiegel & Grau,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

387 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Human behavior.
Internet users--Psychology.
Interpersonal relations--Psychological aspects.
Social psychology.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

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.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0812997859 (hardback)
9780812997859 (hardback)

LCCN:

2016007455

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)