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

  • Aiken, Mary
Date:
2016
  • Books

About this work

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

London : John Murray, 2016.

Physical description

387 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Notes

The cyber effect : a pioneering cyberpsychologist explains how human behaviour changes online / Dr Mary Aiken--Title from cover.

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    HM1017 2016A29t
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781473610231
  • 1473610230
  • 9781473610279
  • 1473610273