The Cyber Effect - BookWyrm

paperback, 400 pages

Published June 27, 2017 by Spiegel & Grau.

ISBN:: 978-0-8129-8747-8

(1 review)

"From one of the world's leading experts in cyberpsychology--a discipline that combines psychology, forensics, and technology--comes a groundbreaking exploration of the impact of technology on human behavior. In the first book of its kind, Mary Aiken applies her expertise in cyber-behavioral analysis to a range of subjects, including criminal activity on the Deep Web and Darknet; deviant behavior; Internet addictions; the impact of technology on the developing child; teenagers and the Web; cyber-romance and cyber-friendships; cyberchondria; the future of artificial intelligence; and the positive effects on our digital selves, such as online altruism"--

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1 star

With respect to the author, I appreciate that publicly-accessible scientific writing is a challenge, and spanning computer science and psychology is particularly tricky. The internet has changed a lot since the book was written, though I'm not sure every issue I found was due to that alone.
Much of the neuroscience of this book was made up, or wildly inaccurate. (Neurotransmitters don't fire. Brain areas show up on an MRI whether or not they're actively contributing to a behavior. There is no "love center" of the brain, though that sounds nice.)

Much of the computer science of this book was made up, or wildly inaccurate. (I point mostly to the chapters on ~THE DARK WEB~ and company.)

More to the point, sexuality isn't a psychological disorder, and I think it's in bad faith to loop in BDSM with pedophilia.

Gretchen McCulloch's "Because Internet" nails the psychology of Internet with more …

With respect to the author, I appreciate that publicly-accessible scientific writing is a challenge, and spanning computer science and psychology is particularly tricky. The internet has changed a lot since the book was written, though I'm not sure every issue I found was due to that alone.
Much of the neuroscience of this book was made up, or wildly inaccurate. (Neurotransmitters don't fire. Brain areas show up on an MRI whether or not they're actively contributing to a behavior. There is no "love center" of the brain, though that sounds nice.)

Much of the computer science of this book was made up, or wildly inaccurate. (I point mostly to the chapters on ~THE DARK WEB~ and company.)

More to the point, sexuality isn't a psychological disorder, and I think it's in bad faith to loop in BDSM with pedophilia.

Gretchen McCulloch's "Because Internet" nails the psychology of Internet with more rigor and kindness (gretchenmcculloch.com/book/) and I highly recommend it.

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