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

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.

"Mary Aiken is one of the world's leading experts in CyberPsychology--a discipline that combines psychology, forensics, and technology and investigates the intersection where technology and human behavior meet. In CYBERPSYCHED, the first book of its kind, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780812997859
ISBN: 0812997859
Physical Description: 387 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-370) 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.