The Psychology of Cyberspace
The Classic Text
My recent work also focuses on a specific area of cyberpsychology that I call photographic psychology: the study of how people create, share, and react to images in the age of digital technology and cyberspace. That link leads to my online book about that topic. In order to make these readings accessible to as many people as possible, I have written them in a style that is not overly abstract or technical. Important concepts in psychology and psychodynamic theory appear throughout the book, but I try to present them in an "experience-near" rather than "experience-distant" way that I hope makes them useful in understanding everyday living in cyberspace. The emphasis is on practical concepts rather than purely academic ones. Other versions of these articles appear in various professional journals. These publications are indicated within the articles and in the article index. Below is the table of contents for the seven major sections in this book. Clicking on a bullet Recently I revised the appearance of some of the pages in this book. If you browse these articles, you'll notice a difference between an "old school" web design to a more contemporary one, although I am deliberately retaining some of the look and feel of the way the Internet used to be. This is, after all, the "classic text."
Teaching a course on cyberpsychology (includes syllabus, student exercises, powerpoint slides)
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