Sundar - The Handbook of the Psychology of Communication Technology

1. Chapter 03
2. Chapter 08
3. Chapter 21
4. Chapter 24

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2. Chapter 07
3. Chapter 08
4. Chapter 13
5. Chapter 14
6. Chapter 15
7. Chapter 20
8. Chapter 21
9. Chapter 24
10. Chapter 25

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The Handbook of the Psychology of Communication Technology, edited by S. Shyam Sundar

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S. Shyam Sundar

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The handbook of the psychology of communication technology / edited by S. Shyam Sundar.
pagescm
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-41336-4 (cloth)
1.Communication and technologyPsychological aspects.2.Information technologyPsychological aspects.3.CommunicationPsychological aspects.I.Sundar, S. Shyam.
P96.T42H366 2015
303.4833dc23
2014026814

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Dedicated to Cliff Nass (19552013), teacher, advisor, mentor, friend, and a pioneering force in the study of psychology of communication technology

Photo Credit Source: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service

Cristina Botella is Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at Universitat Jaume I, Spain. Her main research line is the design and testing of clinical applications based on information and communication technologies for the treatment of emotional disorders. She has published over 100 papers and participated in various research projects granted by national as well as European funds.

Jeremy N. Bailenson is Founding Director of VHIL and an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford. His main area of interest is the phenomenon of digital human representation. His findings have been published in over 70 academic papers in the fields of communication, computer science, education, and psychology.

Juana Bretn-Lpez is an Assistant Professor of Psychological Treatments at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain. Her main research interests are anxiety disorders or behavioral addictions and the application of new technologies to treat these. She has published over 27 papers and participated in several research projects.

Pam Briggs holds a Research Chair at Northumbria University, where she explores identity, trust, privacy, and security and inclusion issues in social media. Her current projects address trust issues in peer-to-peer health care, the influence of social media in message dissemination during pandemics, location-based services and technologies, and cybersecurity identity management and digital personhood.

Judee K. Burgoon is a Professor and Director of Human Communication Research, Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona and a Distinguished Visiting Professor with the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma. She is the most prolific female scholar in communication in the twentieth century.