Behavior Online: Does Anonymous Computer Communication Reduce Gender Inequality?

By Tom Postmes, Russell Spears. 2002

227 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology

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Adolescents' Identity Experiments on the Internet (2008, background): “Genderstereotypical self-presentational strategies may be particularly salient in such settings (Postmes and Spears, 2002).”
Sexual Harassment on the Internet (2005, background): “Fur- thermore, gender inequality, as expressed by gender-stereotypic behaviors, has been found not to be reduced by online anonymity (Postmes & Spears, 2002).”
Explaining Gender‐Based Language Use: Effects of Gender Identity Salience on References to Emotion and Tentative Language in Intra‐ and Intergroup Contexts (2008, background): “…of the inter/intragroup variable in this experiment coupled with other research emphasizing the role of gender schematicity (Palomares, 2004) and stereotype accessibility (Postmes & Spears, 2002) reinforces the evidence for the claim that gender-based language use is contextually sensitive.”
The Proteus Effect: The Effect of Transformed Self-Representation on Behavior (2007, unknown): “& Seibold, 2002; Jarvenpaa & Leidner, 1998; Postmes & Spears, 2002 ) - in other words, the gap”
It’s going to be okay: Measuring Access to Support in Online Communities (2018, unknown): “Our findings also reinforce the observation that the personal-anonymity online does not lead to equal support due to cues about identity (Postmes and Spears, 2002).”
Helpful Reviewers in TripAdvisor, an Online Travel Community (2011, background): “Similarly, a recent empirical study showed that men were more autonomous when the topic was masculine; whereas women were more autonomous when the topic was feminine (Postmes & Spears, 2002).”
The positive and negative implications of anonymity in Internet social interactions: "On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog" (2007, background): “Additionally, the anonymity of CMC frees members of lower status from their traditional social roles to behave in ways traditionally not associated with their group membership (Postmes & Spears, 2002).”
Adolescents’ identity experiments on the internet (2005, background): “Genderstereotypical self-presentational strategies may be particularly salient in such settings (Postmes and Spears, 2002).”
Internet Use and Well-Being Among College Students: Beyond Frequency of Use (2007, background): “…interactions (Caplan, 2003). subsequently, troubled individuals may prefer the internet because it affords greater anonymity, more control over self-presentation, and less perceived social risk (Morahan-Martin & schumacher, 2000; postmes & spears, 2002; shepherd & edelmann, 2005; Wallace, 1999).”