Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships Monica Whitty and Adrian Carr * How do people play at love in cyberspace? * How are these relationships different and similar to the way individuals initiate, develop, and maintain offline relationships? Monica Whitty and Adrian Carr address each of these questions and argue that cyberspace should not be perceived as a conglomeration of bodiless selves. In this book cyberspace is depicted as a potentially more playful space than the offline world. Nonetheless, despite the liberating qualities cyberspace has to offer, cyberspace can be problematic for some - especially when individuals venture too far into the realms of fantasy. Through examples of Whitty's own research on cyber-relationships, online dating, Internet infidelity, cyber-harassment, and presentation of self online, as well as drawing from other people's research, the positive and negative aspects of online relating are presented here. Cyberspace Romance is an invaluable resource for online studying or conducting research on internet relationships or interested in their own other's online romances. Monica T. Whitty is a Lecturer in Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, UK. She lectures on cyberpsychology, social psychology, and qualitative methods. Her major research interests include online dating, cyber-relationships, Internet infidelity, identity, misrepresentation of self online, cyber-stalking, cyber-ethics, and internet and email surveillance in the workplace. Adrian N. Carr is an Associate Professor and holds the research-only position of Principal Research Fellow in the School of Applied Social and Human Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia. His major area of research is psychodynamic theory and its implications for organizational application.