Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships

Author:   Monica Whitty ,  Adrian Carr
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781403945143


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 April 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Through examples of Whitty's own research on cyber-relationships, online dating, cyber-harassment, and presentation of self online, as well as drawing from other people's research, the positive and negative aspects of online relating are presented. This is an invaluable resource for anyone studying or conducting research on Internet relationships.

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Author:   Monica Whitty ,  Adrian Carr
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.307kg
ISBN:  

9781403945143


ISBN 10:   1403945144
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Cyber-relationships, The Story so Far From Courtly Love to Cyber-flirting Playing at Love: Winnicott and Potential Space Object Engagement and Dysfunctional Aspects of Relating Online Cyber-cheating: Can We Really be Liberated in Cyberspace? Deviance and Cyberspace Online Dating: Shopping for Love on the Internet Characters and Archetypes in Cyberspace Visions of the Future.

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'...the authors connect in an accessible and entertaining way with their analysis and offer possibilities for the future of cyberspace intimacies that will serve to enlighten and encourage further research within this rapidly changing and dynamic topic.' - Mariann Hardey, Information, Communication& Society


Author Information

MONICA T. WHITTY is Lecturer in Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, UK. She lectures on cyberpsychology, social psychology and qualitative methods. Her major research interests include online dating, cyber-relationships, Internet infidelity, identity, misrepresentation of self online, cyber-stalking, cyber-ethics, and internet and email surveillance in the workplace. ADRIAN N. CARR is Associate Professor and holds the research-only position of Principal Research Fellow in the School of Applied Social and Human Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia. His major area of research is psychodynamic theory and its implications for organizational application.

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