The positive and negative implications of anonymity in Internet social interactions: "On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog"

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3038-3056

  Christopherson, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive structuration theory; Anonymity; Computer mediated communication; Deindividuation theory; Equalization hypothesis; Privacy; SIDE theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET;

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURATION THEORY; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); DEINDIVIDUATION THEORY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 34249930118     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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