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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784319503321

Autore

Ben-Zeʾev Aharon

Titolo

Love online : emotions on the Internet / / Aaron Ben-Zeʾev [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-107-14899-5

1-280-43748-0

0-511-18443-3

0-511-16634-6

0-511-16441-6

0-511-31306-3

0-511-48978-1

0-511-16521-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

306.7/0285/4678

Soggetti

Love - Computer network resources

Man-woman relationships - Computer network resources

Mate selection - Computer network resources

Dating (Social customs) - Computer network resources

Internet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The seductive space -- The paradoxical nature of online relationships -- Emotions on the net -- Online imagination -- Online privacy, emotional closeness -- Is it worth it? -- Flirting on- and offline -- Cyberlove -- Chatting is sometimes cheating -- The future of romantic relationships.

Sommario/riassunto

Computers have changed not just the way we work but the way we love. Falling in and out of love, flirting, cheating, even having sex online have all become part of the modern way of living and loving. Yet we know very little about these new types of relationship. How is an online affair where the two people involved may never see or meet each other different from an affair in the real world? Is online sex still cheating on



your partner? Why do people tell complete strangers their most intimate secrets? What are the rules of engagement? Will online affairs change the monogamous nature of romantic relationships? These are just some of the questions Professor Aaron Ben Ze'ev, distinguished writer and academic, addresses in this book, a full-length study of love online. Accessible, shocking, entertaining, enlightening, this book will change the way you look at cyberspace and love forever.