Joyce Brothers column are happy to explain, after their first taste chat rooms or online discussion, just why it is that humans behave in strange ways on the Net. A picture is clear, concise, and comprehensive emotional and behavioral dimensions of online life, this book should be read basic short text for each seat cybershrink. Starting with useful details of the various Internet experiences (chat space, newsgroups, home pages, auction sites), Wallace moves on to examine the many ways these settings can affect the way we act and feel. hot-button topics as flame wars, online gender-bending, cyberporn, and Internet "addiction" (as well as delicate matters like online impression formation and group dynamics) here get a level-headed view, anchored in the study not only of the phenomenon itself but human behavior in general. Wallace writes in a style, fast simple - easy to employ a mixture of anecdotes and science - and the conclusions that emerge gradually as straightforward: Contrary to popular myth, people online do not exist offline people more or less twisted compared.