Cyberbullying: An Empirical Analysis of Factors Related to Anonymity and Reduced Social Cue

Wu, Wei Pang; Lien, Chung Chang

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.311.533

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“…For adolescents in particular, anonymous interactions among audiences of known peers can enable problematic behaviors such as harassment and bullying. Some researchers have characterized cyberbullying as more insidious and damaging to adolescents than traditional (offline) bullying due to its anonymous nature: anonymity enables anyone to engage in problematic behavior and may impede accountability, and the speed and convenience of online channels allow harassers to continually attack their victims (Mishna, Saini, & Solomon, 2009; Wu & Lien, 2013). Still, for many adolescents, anonymity affords opportunities for self-exploration, relationship building, and expressional freedom that outweigh potential risks (Keipi & Oksanen, 2014).…”

Section: Implications Of Anonymity and Pseudonymity Onlinementioning

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“The Question Exists, but You Don’t Exist With It”: Strategic Anonymity in the Social Lives of Adolescents

Ellison

Blackwell

Lampe

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Social Media + Society

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Adolescents in the United States today can choose from a variety of social media platforms, which afford varying degrees of anonymity, allowing users to engage in anonymous, pseudonymous, or "real name" interactions in order to meet social or informational goals. Although many social media platforms are "profile-centric" and include an emphasis on the profile of a specific user and his or her actions (Ellison & boyd, 2013), others specifically encourage anonymous (e.g., Yik Yak) or pseudonymous (e.g., Reddit) interactions. Despite known benefits associated with varying degrees of identifiability, few platforms enable users to choose between multiple forms of identity expression using a single account. In this article, we use semi-structured interview data collected from US adolescents aged 13-18 years (N = 22) to explore adolescents' use of selective anonymity on an online platform that allows for both anonymous and pseudonymous interaction. We contribute to scholarship on mediated anonymous interaction by explicating the reasons why young adults might choose to interact in contexts that do not contribute to their overall social media presence (e.g., their "real name" or persistently identifiable accounts) by examining adolescents' social practices on Ask.fm, a question-and-answer (Q&A) site popular with teenagers, and the outcomes they associate with its use. Adolescents' use of anonymous interaction is an important topic of study given the developmental processes associated with this stage of life, the high rates of social media use among this population, and the affordances of social media sites that shape the social and psychological outcomes of their use. Prior literature associates anonymity with both positive and negative outcomes. For instance, anonymous and pseudonymous platforms are often linked with disinhibited behaviors (Suler, 2004), which can include abuse and harassment (Cho & Acquisti, 2013; Diakopoulos & Naaman, 2011). However, because people 670673S MSXXX10.1177/2056305116670673Social Media + SocietyEllison et al.

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Section: Implications Of Anonymity and Pseudonymity Onlinementioning

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“The Question Exists, but You Don’t Exist With It”: Strategic Anonymity in the Social Lives of Adolescents

Ellison

Blackwell

Lampe

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Social Media + Society

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“…Accordingly, results showed that participants were unable to identify source's expertise, so perceived anonymity was negatively associated with perceptions of source competence. Wu and Lien (2013) also contends that high level of anonymity and reduced social cue lead to create high degree of cyberbullying behavior among middle school students. Kwak et al (2015) focus on cyberbullying from a message receiver perspective and contend that in Team Competition Online Games Players are surprisingly not engaged in actively reporting toxic behavior.…”

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Are Communication Theories Affected by New Communication Technologies? : A Look at Spiral of Silence Theory

Panayırcı

2016

AJIT-e

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Computer technologies and Internet set new standards for interaction and let people explore new horizons in the field of communication. As a consequence, individual's perception of the world surrounding his/herself may be affected. Considering this ever-evolving climate of change, communication theories have to be revisited and efforts of critical thinking should be made by scholars in order to keep theories up-to-date or determine them as not capable of explaining contemporary conjuncture. The purpose of this study is to review previous research studies focused on computer mediated communication and spiral of silence.Results show that spiral of silence may occur despite characteristics of computer mediated communication that can liberate individuals from social sanctions.

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Breaking the Arc: Risk control for Big Data

Hodges

Creese

2013

2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

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Cyberbullying: An Empirical Analysis of Factors Related to Anonymity and Reduced Social Cue

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

“The Question Exists, but You Don’t Exist With It”: Strategic Anonymity in the Social Lives of Adolescents

“The Question Exists, but You Don’t Exist With It”: Strategic Anonymity in the Social Lives of Adolescents

Are Communication Theories Affected by New Communication Technologies? : A Look at Spiral of Silence Theory

Breaking the Arc: Risk control for Big Data

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