Identity and Relationships in Online Communities / / Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Pietro Cipresso.

• VerfasserIn: Riva, Giuseppe,; Wiederhold, Brenda K.,; Cipresso, Pietro,
• TeilnehmendeR: Wiederhold, Brenda K.,; Cipresso, Pietro,
• Place / Publishing House: Warsaw ; Berlin : : De Gruyter,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Psychology of Social Networking ; Volume 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) :; illustrations (some color).

In order to 'be online', an individual has to create an online presence. This online self is presented in different ways, with diverse goals and aims in order to engage in different social media activities and to achieve desired outcomes. The authors propose a wide overview of the psychology of social networking and its implications in our lives.

Table of Contents

Intro; Introduction; 1 A Collective Picture of What MakesPeople Happy: Words Representing SocialRelationships, not Money, are Recurrent withthe Word 'Happiness' in Online Newspapers; 2 The Online Calming Effect: Does the InternetProvide a More Comfortable Modality forConducting Psychotherapy?; 3 Feeling Anxious without It: Characteristicsof People Prone to Facebook Addiction; 4 What Determinants Matter When UsersEngage in Particular Collaborative StorytellingWebsites? Exploring Attractive GamificationFeatures and Design Guidelines. 5 Assessment Of Risk Behaviors RelatedTo Substance Use, Bullying and Alterationsin Body Image in Adolescents Through a 3DSimulation Program6 Play With My Team- Modeling OnlineGame Players' Teamwork Model in MassivelyMultiplier Online Role Playing Games(MMORPGs); 7 Virtual Environments With Chroma-KeyingVideo Capture In Psychological Therapy; 8 Sharing personal experiences and offeringadvice within online health-based socialnetworks; 9 The Digital Rage: How Anger is ExpressedOnline. 10 College Students' Use of CommunicationTechnology with Parents: Influences ofDistance, Gender, and Social Presence11 Internet addiction: an cross-culturalperspective; 12 My pixels or my friends? Game charactersas a lens for understanding user avatars insocial networks; 13 Problem Mobile Phone Use in Spanish andBritish Adolescents: First steps towards across-cultural research in Europe; 14 Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale2: update on the psychometric propertiesamong Italian young adults.; 15 Smartphone for social networking:methodological aspects.