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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and 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.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionHM1017 2016A29tOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9781473610231
- 1473610230
- 9781473610279
- 1473610273