Effects of anonymity, invisibility, and lack of eye-contact on toxic online disinhibition

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 434-443

  Lapidot Lefler, Noam ^a   Barak, Azy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Disinhibition; Eye contact; Invisibility; Online communication

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; DISINHIBITION; EYE-CONTACT; INVISIBILITY; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84855523985     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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