The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Psychology, Technology and Society

About the Editors viii
 
List of Contributors x
 
Preface xxx
 
Acknowledgments xli
 
Part I The Psychology of Technology 1
 
1 The Acute and Chronic Impact of Technology on our Brain 3
David A. Ziegler, Jyoti Mishra, and Adam Gazzaley
 
2 Similarities and Differences in Workplace, Personal, and Technology?]Related Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes Across Five Generations of Americans 20
Larry D. Rosen and José M. Lara?]Ruiz
 
3 Internet Credibility and Digital Media Literacy 56
Nancy A. Cheever and Jeffrey Rokkum
 
4 Gender Digital Divide: Does it Exist and What are the Explanations? 74
Richard Joiner, Caroline Stewart, and Chelsey Beaney
 
5 Access and Attitudes to Digital Technologies Across the Adult Lifespan: Evidence from Distance Education 89
John T. E. Richardson and Anne Jelfs
 
6 Navigating Psychological Ethics in Shared Multi?]User Online Environments 105
Jeff Gavin and Karen Rodham
 
Part II Children, Teens, and Technology 117
 
7 Executive Function in Risky Online Behaviors by Adolescents and Young Adults 119
L. Mark Carrier, Vanessa Black, Ludivina Vasquez, Aimee D. Miller, and Larry D. Rosen
 
8 Cyberbullying: Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences 142
Robin M. Kowalski and Elizabeth Whittaker
 
9 A Step Toward Understanding Cross?]National and Cross?]Cultural Variances in Cyberbullying 158
Fatih Bayraktar
 
10 Sexual Communication in the Digital Age 176
Michelle Drouin
 
11 Mobile Phone Dependency: What's All the Buzz About? 192
Michelle Drouin, Daren Kaiser, and Daniel A. Miller
 
12 Assessing the Written Language of Text Messages 207
Abbie Grace and Nenagh Kemp
 
13 Texting Behavior and Language Skills in Children and Adults 232
Sam Waldron, Nenagh Kemp, Beverly Plester, and Clare Wood
 
14 Are "Friends" Electric?: Why Those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Thrive in Online Cultures but Suffer in Offline

Larry D. Rosen is professor and past chair of the Psychology Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is a research psychologist specializing in multitasking, social networking, generational differences, parenting, child/adolescent development, and educational psychology. He has written five books on the "Psychology of Technology" and writes regular blogs for Psychology Today and the Huffington Post. He has been featured extensively in television, print, and radio media and has been a commentator on The Daily Show, Good Morning America, NPR, and CNN. He has been quoted in hundreds of magazines and newspapers including USA Today, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Chicago Tribune, and The Los Angeles Times.
Nancy A. Cheever is professor and past chair of the Communications Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is the co-author, with Larry Rosen and Mark Carrier, of both iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us (2012) and Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way they Learn (2010). A former newspaper journalist and magazine editor, Dr. Cheever's vast research interests examine emerging and existing media technologies and their content and how they impact people's thoughts, behaviors and attitudes.
Mark Carrier is professor and past chair of the Psychology Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is a co-founder and director of the George Marsh Applied Cognition Laboratory where he researches applied cognition, psychology and technology, and cultural effects on thinking. Dr. Carrier is the co-author, with Larry Rosen and Nancy Cheever, of both iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us (2012) and Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way they Learn (2010).

"A timely book that addresses a multitude of issues relavent to the rapidly evolving field of media psychology. The content includes current research in the field to the introduction of new research paradigms -- all edited by leading experts in the media psychology field. It is a state-of-the art book that is sure to be an essential reference guide for students, practitioners, and scholars."--Dr Kimberly S. Young, Founder and Director, The Center for Internet Addiction & Recovery
 
An outstanding treatise on the evolving world of communications technology. National and international experts share their cutting-edge research and exciting vision for the future. The internet and its newest permutations have truly revolutionized interpersonal communication in very fundamental ways.--Pat DeLeon, former President American Psychological Association, Ph.D., J.D., MPH