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Online Prosocial Behaviors

Online Prosocial Behaviors

Michelle F. Wright, William Stanley Pendergrass
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522576013|ISBN10: 1522576010|EISBN13: 9781522576020
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch037
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Wright, Michelle F., and William Stanley Pendergrass. "Online Prosocial Behaviors." Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 464-476. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch037

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Wright, M. F. & Pendergrass, W. S. (2019). Online Prosocial Behaviors. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications (pp. 464-476). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch037

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Wright, Michelle F., and William Stanley Pendergrass. "Online Prosocial Behaviors." In Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 464-476. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch037

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Abstract

Prosocial behaviors in the cyber context (i.e., the internet, text messages) can be traced back to when the internet was just a message board, used to share open source software. Following these early investigations of prosocial behaviors, clinicians recognized that the internet might remove barriers to help seeking. Recent investigations have provided support for the internet as a place to seek help among various populations. Prosocial behaviors in the cyber context also have benefits for the givers as well, including health benefits, personal satisfaction, and reputational increases. This chapter draws on multidisciplinary research to review prosocial behaviors in the cyber context.

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