Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Let’s Talk About Me, Me, Me: Self-Disclosure on the Internet 3. The Role of Truth in Relationship Formation Online 4. Misery Loves Company: Emotional and Practical Support Online 5. Online Research, Ethics and the Candid Participant 6. Online Deception, Fraud, Spam, and Cons 7. Short, Light and Ugly: Misrepresentation of the Self in Online Dating Sites 8. Cheating With a Mouse: Internet Infidelity 9. Building Trust through Communication 10. Cyberstalking and Harassment: Violating Trust 11. Surveillance, Privacy and Trust 12. Developing Trust in Online Counselling 13. Concluding Thoughts. References. Author Index. Subject Index
Biography
Monica Whitty is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. She lectures on cyberpsychology, social psychology, and qualitative methods. In recent years her work has focused on online dating, cyber-relationships, internet infidelity, misrepresentation of self online, cyberstalking, cyber-ethics, and internet and email surveillance in the workplace.
Adam Joinson is Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of Bath. His research interests include computer-mediated communication, e-social science, privacy and disinhibition online.
"This is an excellent book that thoroughly covers timely issues in emerging society in a comprehensive and profound way. Concepts, issues and controversial topics are very well deliberated, presented in a friendly style and accompanied by numerous examples." - Professor Azy Barak, University of Haifa, Israel
"This book may serve as an important reference text in undergraduate courses on the Internet because it is an indispensible and well-structured guide to approaches taken by recent researchers. I will recommend it to my graduate students who intend to conduct research online as a way of considering the pitfalls of such research." – Daniel Keyes, PsycCRITIQUES, April 29th, 2009, vol. 54, Release 17, Article 1.
