Racing into the digital revolution -- We're all connected now -- Dangers lurking within -- How do we protect ourselves? -- Investigations in the age of encryption -- There's no turning back. "New technologies have provided both incredible convenience and new threats. The same k…
Technological developments move at lightening pace and can bring with them new possibilities for social harm. This book brings together original empirical and theoretical work examining how digital technologies both create and sustain various forms of gendered violence and provi…
This textbook sets out key theories and empirical research in the dynamic and rapidly-growing field of cyberpsychology, which is the study of the psychological interaction between individuals, societies, and digital technology. Topical issues addressed include online identity, o…
Foreword: the bright side of social media / Ashesh Mukherjee -- Foreword: the dark side of social media / Leyland Pitt -- A framework for the dark side of social media -- A framework for the dark side of social media : from digital drama to digital over-engagement / Angeline Clo…
The Dark Side of Social Media takes a consumer psychology perspective to online consumer behavior in the context of social media, focusing on concerns for consumers, organizations, and brands. Using the concepts of digital drama and digital over-engagement, established as well a…
The growth of the Internet has created new opportunities for criminal organisations, political activists and terrorists to threaten individuals, companies and countries. Individuals and organizations are also increasingly the targets of attacks and espionage via the web. Every m…
The rapid development in information technology during the last few decades has not only given us greater opportunities to freely search for information and contacts. The growth of the Internet has also created new opportunities for criminal organisations, political activists an…
"Today, the Internet has become a source of information that no country or company can forgo. It is not only used to communicate or entertain, but most importantly to operate utilities and public services such as banking or air traffic. As the reliance on computer networks acros…
Cybersecurity incidents make the news with startling regularity. Each breach-the theft of 145.5 million Americans' information from Equifax, for example, or the Russian government's theft of National Security Agency documents, or the Sony Pictures data dump-makes headlines, insp…
"How is social media changing contemporary understandings of crime and injustice, and what contribution can it make to justice-seeking? Abuse on social media often involves betrayals of trust and invasions of privacy that range from the public circulation of intimate photographs…