Anonymity and Online Self-Disclosure: A Meta-Analysis

IF 1.2 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Communication Reports Pub Date : 2019-05-04 DOI:10.1080/08934215.2019.1607516

Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon, N. Bowman, Alan K. Goodboy, Alyssa A. Wright

引用次数: 47

Abstract

When an individual is anonymous online, they may communicate more boldly than they would in a face-to-face situation—a phenomenon called the online disinhibition effect. While much is known about the toxic effects of online disinhibition, social effects (such as self-disclosure) receive less scholarly attention. This meta-analysis (k = 14, random effects assumed) examined the relationship between anonymity and online self-disclosure as a form of benign disinhibition. Results indicated anonymity had a positive average correlation with self-disclosure (r = .184). However, there was substantial heterogeneity across studies that could not be explained by moderators including type of anonymity (visual or discursive), the measure of self-disclosure (self-report or content analysis), or the type of interaction task (social, task, none present).

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匿名与网络自我揭露：元分析

当一个人在网上匿名时，他们可能会比在面对面的情况下更大胆地交流——这种现象被称为网络去抑制效应。虽然人们对网络去抑制的毒性影响知之甚少，但社会影响（如自我披露）却很少受到学术界的关注。这项荟萃分析（k=14，假设随机效应）检验了匿名和作为一种良性去抑制形式的在线自我披露之间的关系。结果表明，匿名性与自我披露呈正平均相关（r=.184）。然而，研究之间存在很大的异质性，无法用调节因子来解释，包括匿名类型（视觉或话语）、自我披露衡量标准（自我报告或内容分析）或互动任务类型（社交、任务、不存在）。

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Communication Reports COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： Communication Reports (CR), published biannually since 1988, is one of two scholarly journals of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA). The journal publishes original manuscripts that are short, data/text-based, and related to the broadly defined field of human communication. The mission of the journal is to showcase exemplary scholarship without censorship based on topics, methods, or analytical tools. Articles that are purely speculative or theoretical, and not data analytic, are not appropriate for this journal. Authors are expected to devote a substantial portion of the manuscript to analyzing and reporting research data.