Anonymity and consensus in computer-supported group decision making

McLeod, Poppy Lauretta

doi:10.1016/s1534-0856(00)03010-3

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“…Therefore, the conceptualization and operationalization of anonymity is important at both methodological and theoretical level. The most comprehensive model of anonymity in CMC so far was advanced by McLeod [1]. She not only presented a thorough overview of the anonymity effect studies on decision making in computer-supported groups, but also identified the several empirical problems in the prior literature on anonymity.…”

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“…224) [1]. This to a large extent should be attributed to the lack of a clear definition of anonymity that researchers agree upon.…”

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“…Based on the previous empirical works [33], McLeod [1] introduced a comprehensive model of anonymity in computer-supported group decision making, breaking down anonymity into three dimensions.…”

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“…This social dimension of anonymity can be further categorized into two types: social dissociation and identitylessness. The former refers to a feeling that others cannot identify one as the source of specific messages, while the latter is associated with feeling that others don't know that one is a participant or what one's role in a session might be [1].…”

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“…It outlines how the prior literature has attempted to address this issue and how the Social Identity Deindividuation (SIDE) model has developed as an attempt to tackle this question. More importantly, it discusses a framework describing the multidimensions of anonymity in CMC [1], and subsequently raised five propositions inspired by this framework. Furthermore, using McLeod's framework, this review evaluates SIDE studies with regard to their anonymity manipulations.…”

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Anonymity Effects and Implications in the Virtual Environment: From Crowd to Computer-Mediated Communication

Wang¹

2018

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Anonymity, an important feature of computer-mediated communication (CMC), is embedded in this new technology. With the penetration of the Internet in society, many daily activities involve online interactions. Anonymity affects both the task and social aspects of online communication including information exchange, decision making, and relationship development. This review examines the effects of anonymity on human behavior. It outlines how the prior literature has attempted to address this issue and how the Social Identity Deindividuation (SIDE) model has developed as an attempt to tackle this question. More importantly, it discusses a framework describing the multidimensions of anonymity in CMC [1], and subsequently raised five propositions inspired by this framework. Furthermore, using McLeod's framework, this review evaluates SIDE studies with regard to their anonymity manipulations. This critique reveals possible future research directions for refining the SIDE model and better studying the effect of anonymity in virtual environment. KeywordsAnonymity, Virtual Environment, Computer-Mediated Communication, SIDE Literature ReviewAnonymity, an important feature of computer-mediated communication (CMC), is embedded in this new technology. The internet community is quickly changing and evolving as more of the world comes on-line. Free speech and anonymity have always been important real-world societal issues. These issues are becoming increasingly important as more people discover the digital world and Interest in the effects of anonymity on identity issues is growing fast with an increasing diversity of empirical studies. In particular, research on deindividuation and its application in the online environment using the Social IdentityModel of Deindividuation (SIDE) [2] is influential and has started to snowball.However, given the fact that the definition and operationalization of anonymity are not agreed-upon among researchers, it poses a problem for generalizing across the results. Anonymity Studies: From Loss of Self in Crowd to Identity SwitchThis paper first provides a historical account of anonymity research. Early anonymity studies stem from the research on crowd behaviors. A crowd context alters the way in which people see themselves and their social world, as well as the ties that bind individuals [3]. As Reicher [4] summarized, "It frees them both from the ordinary relationships which bind them into social convention and also from the coercive power of authority. It therefore allows individuals to act upon their understandings even against the constraints of their opponents. In sum, the crowd provides both the inclination and the ability to act as a collective subject" (p.175). In other words, being an indistinguishable part of the mass leads to a mix of power without responsibility, which in turn makes crowd members act in uncontrolled ways. Incorporating this idea of the crowd mind-set in early anonymity research, social psychologists developed deindividuation theory, which claims that immers...

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“…224) [1]. This to a large extent should be attributed to the lack of a clear definition of anonymity that researchers agree upon.…”

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2018

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Innovation in Virtual Teams: The Critical Role of Anonymity across Divergent and Convergent Thinking Processes

Baruah

2023

Journal of Creative Behavior

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This experimental research investigates the creativity of anonymous video‐based groups through a series of collaborative divergent and convergent thinking stages of innovation. A sample of 113 undergraduate students participated in small groups of three or four to complete a creative problem‐solving task in either anonymous or identified conditions. The findings revealed that although anonymity did not positively impact the divergent thinking task of brainstorming, it significantly enhanced creativity in the convergent thinking process of collaborative idea refinement. Furthermore, the ideas in the refinement stage were higher in originality, elaboration, overall quality, and good quality compared with the generation and selection task. The participants' attentional focus was critical in creating high‐quality ideas by mediating the path from collaborative ideation to refinement. The current study contributes to the creativity literature by highlighting the importance of anonymous collaborative idea refinement as the teams proceed through multiple stages of convergent and divergent thinking processes.

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Making Accounting Knowledge: Peering at Power

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Anonymity and consensus in computer-supported group decision making

Cited by 17 publications

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Anonymity Effects and Implications in the Virtual Environment: From Crowd to Computer-Mediated Communication

Anonymity Effects and Implications in the Virtual Environment: From Crowd to Computer-Mediated Communication

Innovation in Virtual Teams: The Critical Role of Anonymity across Divergent and Convergent Thinking Processes

Making Accounting Knowledge: Peering at Power

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