Knowing Me, Knowing You: Anonymity Effects on Social Identity Processes within Groups

By Martin Lea, Russell Spears, Daphne de Groot. 2001

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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The positive and negative implications of anonymity in Internet social interactions: "On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog" (2007, background): “…positive and negative eﬀects in CMC. Research has demonstrated that anonymity can work to increase the eﬀectiveness of work groups by allowing individuals to identify more with the group and work toward the goals of the group rather than their own personal goals (Joinson, 2000; Lea et al., 2001).”
Research Note - Privacy Concerns and Privacy-Protective Behavior in Synchronous Online Social Interactions (2013, background): “By subsuming these two constructs into one construct (i.e., " anonymity " ) (e.g., Lea et al. 2001), many researchers have failed to acknowledge the possible asymmetry of information .”
Group performance and decision making. (2004, background): “In addition, electronic groups can foster stronger group identification (Lea et al. 2001) and adherence to group norms (Spears et al. 1990; although see Douglas & McGarty 2001).”
Why Do Adults Engage in Cyberbullying on Social Media? An Integration of Online Disinhibition and Deindividuation Effects with the Social Structure and Social Learning Model (2016, background): “The social identity model of deindividuation (Reicher et al. 1995) also proposes that “anonymity promotes a shift in the kind of self-awareness from the personal to the group” (in this model, the process is also called depersonalization) (Lea et al. 2001, p. 527).”
Anonymity and Self-Disclosure on Weblogs (2007, background): “According to Marx (1999), anonymity refers to a state where a person is not identifiable.”
Behavior Online: Does Anonymous Computer Communication Reduce Gender Inequality? (2002, background): “Showing that depersonalization in combination with stereotype accessibility of the gender categorization affects ones own behavior is important because it underlines the point that self-categorization and self-stereotyping, not just the depersonalized perception of others, are central to such “SIDE ”
Short Communication A social identity approach to trust: Interpersonal perception, group membership and trusting behaviour (2005, background): “…should not moderate this effect is twofold: (a) cues to personal identity individuate the counterpart and decrease salience of social identity (e.g. Lea et al., 2001; Sassenberg & Postmes, 2002) and (b) perceived trustworthiness is operationalized as an interpersonal judgment, making it less…”
Social influence in small groups: An interactive model of social identity formation (2005, methodology): “Thus, group members were less strongly influenced because they identified less with their group when individual differences were made salient (see Lee, 2004, for similar findings). Together, these effects provide a direct insight into the processes at work in these studies: It is the communication b”
Examining the Relationship Between Reviews and Sales: The Role of Reviewer Identity Disclosure in Electronic Markets (2008, background): “…identify with and more positively assess reviewers who disclose identity-descriptive information (Walther 1992, 1996; Jarvenpaa and Leidner 1999; Lea et al. 2001) and use their assessment of reviewers as a heuristic shaping their evaluation of the product reviewed (Chaiken 1980, 1987; Chaiken…”