The Social Net

Understanding Our Online Behavior

Second Edition

Edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger

A fully revised edition of a groundbreaking book - one of the first to explore the social psychology of the internet
Covers a wide range of internet behaviours, including deception, identity manipulation, relationships, and to provide information with broad appeal across the behavioural sciences
includes chapters by leading researchers in this field, to provide state of the art reviews of internet research
Includes new chapters on online leadership, identity, and intergroup conflict
Includes coverage on the growth of social networking

The Social Net

Understanding Our Online Behavior

Second Edition

Edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger

Description

In the past two decades, the Internet has come to dominate every aspect of everyday life. This has been a huge change for many of us, and, for the younger generation - born into this situation - there has been no other way of living. How does this new way of life affect our health and happiness, our well-being? How does it affect our relationships, our friendships? Has the definition of friendship changed now that we have hundreds of friends on Facebook? Why is it that some people find it so hard to talk to people in their daily lives but find it so easy on the Internet? People spend so much time on the Internet - so what do we actually do on there? Why are some people so aggressive and others exceptionally helpful? Are these behaviors that we see from the same people offline? How do we take decisions online and which groups would we rather belong to online where nobody knows us, rather than revealing our true identity to the outside world?

The new edition of 'The Social Net' provides a comprehensive understanding of the social aspects of the Internet. It contains chapters on topics such as identity manipulation, online romantic relationships, online decision making, the internet and aggression, and online prejudice and discrimination. The book provides the reader with an understanding of both the negative and positive influences of the net and is an exceptionally useful guide for for how to use the net to improve wellbeing. Today, when there is so much negative publicity surrounding the Internet - despite our reliance on it, this book provides a much needed balanced understanding of the Net and its influence.

The Social Net

Understanding Our Online Behavior

Second Edition

Edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger

1. Personality and the Internet, Yair Amichai-Hamburger and Zack Hayat
2. Netified: Social cognition in crowds and clouds, Yoram M Kalman, Daphne R Raban and Sheizaf Rafaeli
3. Identity Manipulation - What Happens When Identity Presentation is Not Truthful, Kathryn Segovia and Jeremy Bailenson
4. Online Romantic Relationships, Monica Whitty
5. Persuasion and Compliance: Social Influence on the Internet and Beyond, Brandon Van Der Heide and Erin M. Schumaker
6. Online Decision Making, Kevin Askew and Michael D. Coovert
7. The Internet and Aggression, Neil Malamuth, Daniel Linz and Rene Weber
8. Pro-social Behavior Online, Lee Sproull, Caryn Conley and Jae Yun Moon
9. Group Processes, Joseph B. Walther
10. E-Leadership, Crystal L. Hoyt
11. Prejudice, Discrimination and the Internet, Kimberly Barsamian Kahn, Katherine Spencer and Jack Glaser
12. Online Intergroup Contact, Beatrice S. Hasler and Yair Amichai-Hamburger
13. The Internet as Psychological Laboratory Revisited: Best Practices, Challenges, and Solutions, Edward G. Sargis, Linda J. Skitka and William McKeever

The Social Net

Understanding Our Online Behavior

Second Edition

Edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger

Author Information

Contributors:

Yair Amichai-Hamburger, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel
Kevin Askew, University of South Florida, USA
Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University, USA
Caryn Conley, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Michael D. Coovert, University of South Florida, USA
Jack Glaser Goldman, School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Beatrice Hasler, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel
Zack Hayat, University of Toronto, Canada
Crystal L. Hoyt, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, USA
Kimberly B. Kahn, Portland State University, Department of Psychology, USA
Yoram Kalman, Open University, Israel
Daniel Linz ,UCLA, USA
William McKeever, Student University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Neal Malamuth, UCLA, USA
Jae Yun Moon, Korea University, The Republic of Korea
Daphne Raban, Haifa University, Israel
Sheizaf Rafaeli, Haifa University, Israel
Edward Sargis, University of Illinois at Chicargo, USA
Erin M. Schumaker, The Ohio State University, USA
Kathryn Segovia, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Department of Communication, Stanford University, USA
Linda Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicargo, USA
Katherine Spencer, University of California, Berkeley
Lee Sproull, New York University, USA
Brandon Van Der Heide, Ohio State University, USA
Joseph B. Walter Dept. of communication, Michigan State University, USA
René Weber, Department of Communication, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, UK

The Social Net

Understanding Our Online Behavior

Second Edition

Edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger

From Our Blog

Terror

By Yair Amichai-Hamburger On the Internet, terrorists can find a wide-open playground for particularly sophisticated violence. I have no doubt that the people at the American Department of Defense, when they brought about the inception of the Internet, never thought in their worst nightmares that come 2013, every terrorist splinter group would boast a website and that all the advantages of the Internet would be at the service of terrorists for organizing, planning, and executing their attacks on innocent people.

Posted on February 27, 2014

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What has psychology got to do with the Internet?

By Yair Amichai-Hamburger I believe that the Internet has special characteristics which together create an exceptional environment for the user. To start with, many websites allow you to maintain your anonymity. You may do this by assuming a pseudonym, using your initials or just "leaving the space blank". This characteristic frees people from many of the issues that constrict them in their day to day offline lives.

Posted on November 6, 2013

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How we can use the Internet to resolve intergroup conflict

By Yair Amichai-Hamburger Conflicts across the world between communities cause high levels of social and physical devastation as well as a large drain in resources, but how can relations be improved? Psychologist Gordon Allport realized that a casual contact between rival group members will not change the stereotype that each holds on the other, particularly if there are status differences between the groups.

Posted on March 13, 2013

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