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suggestabroadperspectiveforanalyzingprivacyandself-disclosureonthe
Internet.Theauthorsbeginbydiscussingthedefinitionsandmeasurementof
self-disclosureandprivacy.Next,basedonempiricalfindings,theypropose
atheoreticalmodelofself-disclosure.Theproposedmodelshowstheconnection
betweentopicsandcomprisesthreeareas:trustandprivacy,benefitsandcosts,
andsubjectivesenseofcontrol.
Thethirdpartofthebook,entitledProblematicInternetUse,relatestothe
negativeaspectofusingtheInternet.JanetMorahan-Martinreviewstheexisting
studiesonproblematicInternetuseanditsrelationshipwithotherpsychological
disorders.ManystudieshavealreadybeendevotedtoproblematicInternetuse.
Theverynameforthisphenomenonpresentsproblems.Theauthordiscussesthe
conceptofInternetAddictionandoptsforProblematicInternetUseastheap-
propriatetermforit.Thelastpartofthearticlecontainsabriefsynthesisof
previousfindingsinthisareaandsuggestionsforfutureinvestigations.
Throughaseriesofexperiments,AgataBłachnio,AnetaPrzepiórka,and
PawełFortunatrytofindananswertothequestionofwhetherwecantalkabout
third-personeffectinthecontextoftheInternetandwhetherthishelpsustobet-
terunderstandtheconceptofproblematicInternetuse.Awareofresearchindi-
catingthatpeoplebelievethattelevisionnegativelyinfluencesotherpeoplebut
notthem,theauthorswonderwhetherthiseffectalsoexistsinthecaseofthe
Internet.TheirexperimentsdemonstratethatatypicalInternetuserbelieves
otherstobemorepronetoaddictionthantheyare.
Thefourthpart,entitledBlendedTeaching,concernstheincreasinglywidespread
applicationoftheInternetintheteachingprocess.Intheirarticle,M.Beatrice
LigorioandSusannaAnnesshowtheadvantagesandopportunitiesofferedby
blendedlearning.Theauthorspresentsomemodelsusedine-learningenviron-
mentandattempttodiscussthemusingthesocio-constructivistapproach.Inthis
researchahugeamountofdatawascollected.Theresultspresentedherearevery
interesting.Theauthorsunderlinethateventhoughtheparticipantshadproblems
withthiskindoflearning,theyfoundthemselvesmoreself-confident.
Inthesecondarticle,DorotaKwiatkowskaandPiotrKwiatkowskiwrite
aboutanidealonlineteacheraccordingtovirtualstudents.E-learningisanew
wayoflearninginPolandandremainsacontroversialandemotivemethod,
whichmakesthepapertopical.Theauthorsdiscusstheissueofe-learningas
suchandmorespecificexpectationsonthepartofstudentsregardingthequali-
tiesofanidealvirtualteacher.Theypresentthefindingsoftheirownresearch
conductedinthePolishVirtualUniversity,whichrevealedthatvirtualstudents
appreciateregularcontactwiththeirteacherviae-mailorinstantmessenger,in
thecourseforum,orbyphone.
