The Psychology of the InternetCambridge University Press, 19 mars 2001 - 264 pages This timely volume explores the psychological aspects of cyberspace, a virtual world in which people from around the globe are acting and interacting in many new, unusual, and occasionally alarming ways. Drawing on research in the social sciences, communications, business, and other fields, Patricia Wallace examines how the online environment can influence the way we behave, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Our own online behavior then becomes part of the Internet's psychological environment for others, creating opportunities for shaping the way this new territory for human interaction is unfolding. Since the Internet--and our experience within it--is still young, we have a rare window of opportunity to influence the course of its development. With a new preface that incorporates many of the changes online and in the field since the hardcover edition was published, the paperback edition of The Psychology of the Internet includes the latest coverage of e-commerce, workplace surveillance and datamining, all areas of recent intense public concern. Patricia M. Wallace is Executive Director of the Center for Knowledge and Information Management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. She is author of an interactive psychology CD-ROM called PRISM and of the textbook Introduction to Psychology, Fourth Edition (with Jeffrey Goldstein). Dr. Wallace is also the principal investigator on grants from the Annenberg Projects/Corporation for Public Broadcasting dealing with language learning through CD-ROMs and the Internet. |
Table des matières
THE INTERNET IN A PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTEXT | 1 |
A TAXONOMY | 4 |
LANGUAGE ON THE NET | 9 |
EMPOWERING INTERNET USERS | 12 |
YOUR ONLINE PERSONA THE PSYCHOLOGY OF IMPRESSION FORMATION | 14 |
WARM AND COLD IMPRESSIONS | 15 |
THE SOCIOEMOTIONAL THAW | 18 |
IMPRESSION FORMATION SHORTCUTS | 19 |
THE MAGNET OF PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS | 136 |
ATTRACTIVENESS IN THE DARK | 138 |
WHOS NEXT DOOR ON THE NET? | 139 |
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCKING ON THE INTERNET | 141 |
COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIPS | 143 |
THE YOU LIKE ME I LIKE YOU YOU LIKE ME MORE SPIRAL | 144 |
WHEN THE SPIRAL SPINS DOWN | 145 |
HUMOR | 147 |
PERSON TYPES AND CATEGORIES | 21 |
BEYOND AGE AND GENDER | 24 |
SOCIAL COGNITION AND CATEGORIES | 25 |
THE RHYTHMS OF IMPRESSION FORMATION | 26 |
IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT ON THE INTERNET | 28 |
ONLINE SELFDESCRIPTIONS | 30 |
THE HOME PAGE ADVANTAGE | 31 |
FOCUS ON SELF | 34 |
MAKING THAT KEYBOARD WORK HARDER | 36 |
ONLINE MASKS AND MASQUERADES | 38 |
THE ORIGINS OF ROLE PLAY | 40 |
LEAKAGE ON THE INTERNET | 41 |
ROLE PLAY DANGER AREAS | 44 |
IDENTITY EXPERIMENTS IN THE INTERNET LABORATORY | 47 |
THE DUPES IN THE EXPERIMENT | 49 |
DETECTING DECEIT OFFLINE AND ON | 50 |
DANCE PARTNERS | 51 |
PROS AND CONS OF THE INTERNETS IDENTITY LAB | 53 |
GROUP DYNAMICS IN CYBERSPACE | 55 |
CONFORMITY | 59 |
CONFORMING ON THE NET | 62 |
THE SIGN ON THE DOOR | 64 |
THE ARCHED BROW | 66 |
IN SEARCH OF THE LEVIATHAN | 69 |
EXPERIMENTING WITH THE LEVIATHAN ON A SOCIAL MUD | 71 |
GROUP POLARIZATION | 73 |
POLARIZATION ON THE NET | 76 |
FINDING OTHERS OF LIKE MIND | 79 |
VIRTUAL WORK GROUPS | 80 |
THE BIASED DISCUSSION IN ONLINE WORKGROUPS | 81 |
MINORITY OPINIONS IN ONLINE WORKGROUPS | 82 |
WORKGROUPS AND ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMING | 83 |
DEVELOPING TRUST IN VIRTUAL TEAMS | 84 |
INTERGROUP CONFLICT AND COOPERATION | 88 |
THE ROBBERS CAVE EXPERIMENTS | 89 |
INTERGROUP RIVALRIES ON THE INTERNET GAMES | 91 |
PLAYER TYPES AND MOTIVATIONS | 96 |
INGROUPS ON THE INTERNET | 99 |
EXPERTISM | 101 |
ARE WE A GROUP? | 103 |
INTERNET GROUP POWER | 105 |
FLAMING AND FIGHTING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGGRESSION ON THE NET | 110 |
BORN TO FIGHT? | 111 |
FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESSION | 112 |
THE WORLD WIDE WAIT | 113 |
THE HAIR TRIGGER | 116 |
RETALIATION | 117 |
WHEN IS A FLAME A FLAME? | 119 |
LAB AND FIELD STUDIES OF FLAMING | 120 |
REPROACHES | 122 |
OVERRETALIATION | 123 |
ANONYMITY AND PHYSICAL DISTANCE | 124 |
THE SOFTWARE | 127 |
IS LETTING OFF STEAM GOOD FOR YOU? | 129 |
INTERNET STYLE | 130 |
LIKING AND LOVING ON THE NET THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION | 133 |
WHO MAKES FRIENDS ONLINE? | 134 |
THE NATURE OF ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS | 135 |
SELFDISCLOSURE | 150 |
ENHANCING REAL LIFE ROMANCE ON THE INTERNET | 151 |
VIRTUAL PASSION | 152 |
ROSES ON THE NET | 155 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY | 157 |
BUT WHAT IS REALLY OUT THERE? | 159 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY | 161 |
AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT PORNOGRAPHY | 163 |
VIEWS FROM THE INTERNET | 165 |
CHECKING IDS | 167 |
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE WORRY? | 169 |
THE INTERNET AS A TIME SINK | 171 |
LOCUS OF CONTROL | 173 |
SECTION 2 | 175 |
THE ONLINE AUCTION | 177 |
THE INTERNETS ADDICTIVE PROPERTIES | 178 |
WHAT IS SO COMPELLING ABOUT THE INTERNET? | 181 |
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTION IN SYNCHRONOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACES | 182 |
LIFE AT THE PALACE | 185 |
NEWBIE DISEASE? | 186 |
ADDICTION? OVERUSE? SELFINDULGENCE? | 188 |
ALTRUISM ON THE NET THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HELPING | 190 |
BY THE NUMBERS | 192 |
LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE CARE OF IT | 194 |
NUMBERS ON THE NET | 195 |
WHO HELPS WHOM? | 198 |
PEOPLE LIKE US | 200 |
ASKING FOR HELP ON THE NET | 201 |
THE INTERNETS SUPPORT NETWORKS | 204 |
SUPPORT FOR STIGMATIZED GROUPS | 205 |
HOW MAY I HELP YOU? | 206 |
GENDER ISSUES ON THE NET | 208 |
GENDER AND LANGUAGE | 210 |
LANGUAGE AND POWER | 211 |
INTERACTION STYLES | 212 |
ARE WE TYPING IN PINK AND BLUE? | 214 |
ADAPTING TO THE MALE MAJORITY | 217 |
STEREOTYPES AND PERCEPTIONS | 218 |
THE NEW BATTLEFIELD FOR THE WAR BETWEEN THE SEXES | 219 |
WOMENONLY AND MENONLY GROUPS | 222 |
GENDER IDS IN THE GAMES | 224 |
A HOSTILE WORLD FOR WOMEN | 225 |
LEGAL ASPECTS OF ONLINE HARASSMENT AND THREATS | 227 |
THE MRBUNGLE AFFAIR | 230 |
GENDER ISSUES ON THE FRONTIER | 232 |
NURTURING LIFE ON THE INTERNET | 233 |
TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM REVISITED | 234 |
A PERFECT PLACE FOR CONSPIRACIES | 236 |
THE METADISCUSSION | 237 |
ANONYMITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY | 239 |
THE TRAGEDY OF THE ELECTRONIC COMMONS | 242 |
TRUST AND GRASSROOTS ECOMMERCE | 244 |
ENCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKING | 245 |
PROVIDING GUIDANCE | 246 |
REWARDS ON THE INTERNET | 249 |
THE NEXT GENERATION | 251 |
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