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| Contributors | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Internet in Context | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Our Collective Love Affair with the New | |
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| Inventing the Self | |
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| Humans and Machines-An Ambivalent Relationship | |
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| The Ambivalence Deepens | |
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| And Now...The Internet | |
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| Take a Lesson from Radio | |
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| Studying the Net | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Intrapersonal | |
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| Children and the Internet | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What are Children Doing on the Internet? | |
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| Concerns | |
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| Social Development | |
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| Unwanted Exposure to Pornography and Hate | |
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| Predation and Bullying | |
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| Becoming "Internet-Wise" | |
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| References | |
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| Self Online: Personality and Demographic Implications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| New Ways of Thinking About Identity | |
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| One Self or Many: Adolescent Explorations | |
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| Self Expansion or Disinhibition Online | |
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| Personality Online | |
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| Introverts and Extroverts Online | |
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| Other Personality Types Online | |
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| The Self as a Demographic Online | |
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| Gender and Internet Use | |
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| Gender and Game Play | |
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| The Influence of Age, Ethnicity, Culture, and Poverty | |
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| Elderly | |
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| Socioeconomic Status and Culture | |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| Social Roles and Inequality Online | |
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| References | |
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| Disinhibition and the Internet | |
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| Evidence for Disinhibition | |
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| Self-Disclosure and the Internet | |
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| Flaming and Anti-Social Behavior | |
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| Empirical Evidence for 'Flaming' | |
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| Disinhibition and the World Wide Web (WWW) | |
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| Internet Pornography | |
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| Formats of Pornography on the Internet | |
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| Explanations of Disinhibition on the Internet | |
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| Deindividuation | |
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| Reduced Social Cues | |
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| Two-Component Self-Awareness Model | |
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| Social Identity Explanation of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE) | |
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| Multi-Factor Explanations and Disinhibition | |
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| A Privacy-Based Approach to Understanding Disinhibition | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| The Psychology of Sex: A Mirror from the Internet | |
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| General Trends | |
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| Sexuality on the Internet: Roots and Controversies | |
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| The Influence of Sexuality on New Communications Media | |
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| The Meanings of Sexuality for Human Beings: A Chaotic Systems Approach | |
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| Religious and Cultural Influences | |
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| New Insights from the Science of Sexology | |
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| Sexual Expression and Information on the Internet | |
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| Usenet Newsgroups and the Psychology of Sex | |
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| The Sexual Diversity of the World Wide Web | |
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| Political, Personal, and Community Aspects of Sex on the Internet | |
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| Meeting Potential Partners at Online Dating Sites | |
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| Blogging: Sexual Empowerment via Online Conversations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Internet Addiction: Does It Really Exist? (Revisited) | |
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| Comparison Survey Studies of Internet Addiction and Excessive Internet Use | |
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| Survey Studies of Internet Addiction in Vulnerable Groups | |
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| Psychometric Studies of Internet Addiction | |
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| Internet Addiction, Comorbidity, and Relationship to Other Behaviors | |
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| Internet Addiction Case Studies | |
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| Why Does Excessive Internet Use Occur | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Interpersonal | |
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| Revisiting Computer-Mediated Communication for Work, Community, and Learning | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Revisiting CMC and Internet Debates | |
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| Unbundling Users and Their Online Activities | |
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| Users of CMC and the Internet | |
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| Online Content and Usefulness | |
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| Groups, Networks, and Communities | |
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| Social Networks | |
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| Tie-Based View of Media Use | |
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| Online and Offline Integration | |
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| Toggling | |
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| Domestication | |
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| Limits to Growth | |
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| Wrapping Up | |
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| References | |
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| The Virtual Society: Its Driving Forces, Arrangements, Practices, and Implications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Driving Forces | |
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| Global Economies | |
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| Policies and Politics | |
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| Enlightened and Diversified Population | |
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| Information Technology Infrastructure | |
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| Existing Arrangements and Practices | |
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| Telework | |
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| Virtual Teams | |
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| Concepts of Time and Place | |
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| Virtual Team Technologies | |
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| Virtual Organizations | |
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| Virtual Communities | |
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| Teledemocracy | |
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| Virtual Museums | |
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| Weblogs | |
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| Dilemmas and Implications of the Virtual Society | |
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| Global Policy and Economics | |
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| Politics and Policy | |
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| Enlightened and Diversified Population | |
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| Information Technology and IT Infrastructure | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Internet Self-Help and Support Groups: The Pros and Cons of Text-Based Mutual Aid | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Psychology of Text-Based Relationships | |
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| Self-Help as Mutual-Aid | |
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| Text-Based Mutual-Aid | |
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| Results of a Replication Survey | |
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| Pros and Cons of Internet Self-Help Groups | |
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| Advantages That Online Self-Help Groups Share with F2F Groups | |
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| Advantages Unique to Online Self-Help Groups | |
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| Disadvantages That Online Self-Help Groups Share with F2F Groups | |
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| Disadvantages Unique to the Online Self-Help Groups | |
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| Internet Support Groups and Text-Based Group Therapy | |
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| Ethical Considerations in Researching Text-Based Mutual Aid | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Cyber Shrinks: Expanding the Paradigm | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Professional Issues Online | |
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| Expanding the Paradigm (WIIFM? PX!) | |
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| Overview of Research | |
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| From Research to Professional Practice | |
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| The Online-Offline Connection | |
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| Cybersex and the Potential for Harm | |
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| Risk Management in Cyberspace | |
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| Legal and Ethical Concerns | |
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| Professional Liability | |
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| Competency and Scope of Practice | |
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| Emerging Clinical Issues | |
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| Theory in Cyberspace | |
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| Efficacy of Online Treatment | |
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| Expanding the Clinical Paradigm | |
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| References | |
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| Transpersonal | |
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| From Mediated Environments to the Development of Consciousness II | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Presence | |
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| Veridicality | |
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| Continuity | |
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| Ecological Perception | |
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| Gibson's Theory | |
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| Ecological Self | |
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| Natural versus Mediated Environment | |
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| Media as Ecological Environment | |
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| Pictures | |
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| Media and Movement | |
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| Orientation and Space | |
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| Orientation | |
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| POV and Perceptual Flow | |
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| Space and Consciousness | |
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| References | |
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| World Wide Brain: Self-Organizing Internet Intelligence as the Actualization of the Collective Unconscious | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Future History of the Net | |
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| Mind as a Complex System | |
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| The Collective Unconscious Concretized | |
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| AI and the Internet | |
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| Symbiotic Internet Intelligence in Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives | |
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| The Global Brain Study Group | |
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| The Global Brain and Human Progress | |
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| Web Spirituality | |
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| Self and Morality in the World Wide Brain | |
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| References | |
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| The Internet and Higher States of Consciousness-A Transpersonal Perspective | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Other Approaches to Consciousness | |
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| Human Consciousness and Its Development | |
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| Integrative Program of Research into Developing Higher States of Consciousness | |
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| Physiological and Psychological Markers of HSC | |
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| Technology and Cognition | |
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| The Internet as a Cultural Amplifier-VR and Lucid Dreaming | |
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| Previous Research into Video Game Play, Consciousness, and Dreams | |
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| The Coevolution of Technology and Consciousness | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |