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Institution
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)Current Position
Director, Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP) Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Intergroup Conflict from Oxford University, 1994
Research Interests
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Yair Amichai-Hamburger
Sammy Ofer School of Communications
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
46150 Herzliya
Israel
Phone: +972 9 9527649
Fax: +972 9 9527650
Yair Amichai-Hamburger received his Ph.D. from Oxford University. He is the director of the Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP), based at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel. He has worked for many years as an industrial consultant, advising many leading organizations. He has written widely on the impact of the Internet on well-being. His first book, The Social Net: Human behavior in cyberspace, was published by Oxford University Press 2005 and his second book, Technology and Wellbeing, is to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2009.--LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table, American Library Association): Award for the paper "Experiments in Digital Literacy" (with Y. Eshet-Alkali) --AME (Academy of Management): Award as finalist for best paper entitled "The Power of Emotional Appeals in Promoting Organizational Change Programs" (with S. Fox)
 Books:
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (Ed.). (2009). Technology and well-being. New York: Cambridge University Press.
 Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (Ed.). (2005). The social net: Human behavior in cyberspace. New York: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles:
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (in press). Potential and promise of online volunteering. Computers in Human Behavior.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2007). Preface: Internet and well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 893-897.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2005). Internet minimal group paradigm. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 8, 140-142.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y., & Ben-Artzi, E. (2003). Loneliness and Internet use. Computers in Human Behavior, 19, 71-80.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y., Fine, A., & Goldstein, A. (2004). The impact of Internet interactivity and need for closure on consumer preference. Computers in Human Behavior, 20, 103-117.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y., & Furnham, A. (2007). The positive net. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 1033-1045.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y., & Kinar, O. (2007). The effects of need for cognition on Internet use. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 880-891.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y., & McKenna, K. Y. A. (2006). The contact hypothesis reconsidered: Interacting via the Internet. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(3).
- Aviram, I., & Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2005). Online infidelity: Aspects of dyadic satisfaction, self-disclosure and narcissism. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 10(3).
- Eshet-Alkali, Y., & Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2004). Experiments in digital literacy. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 7, 421-429.
Other Publications:
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (in press). Interacting via Internet: Theoretical and practical aspects. In Azy Barak (Ed.), Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, Applications. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (in press). Personality, individual differences and Internet use. In A. N. Joinson, K. Y. A. McKenna, T. Postmes, & U.-R. Reips (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2005). Personality and the Internet. In Y. Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.), The social net: Human behavior in cyberspace (pp. 27-55). New York: Oxford University Press.
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