Anonymity and pen names have been an integral part of the Delphi Method and have been done online beginning in 1972. A summary of the reasons for using anonymity are summarized in the Delphi Method book on my website. A lot of computer Mediated Communication systems allowed the choice of anonymity or pen names in group discussions. An early controlled experiment on 5 person groups in middle management in a major company was done by roxanne hiltz in hte late 70's comparing the different outcomes of groups using pen names verses their actual name showed that when managers had to use their real names they never talked about what they considered to be past wrong decisions made by the company. when they used pen names they brought up a lot of past related decisions relevant to the planning problem they were suppose to resolve. it was published, but the complete oriignal detailed report of the "cccc" research center at njit is listed in the library at njit online archive of cccc reports. http://library.njit.edu/archives/cccc-materials/index.php RR#21 Mode of communication and the "risky shift" : a controlled experiment with computerized conferencing and anonymity in a large corporation<http://archives.njit.edu/vhlib/cccc-materiasl/njit-cccc-rr-021/njit-cccc-rr-021.pdf> Jan. 1985 Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff, Kenneth Johnson there is also an earlier write up about anonymity that might be of interest RR#11 A discussion of selected aspects of privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity in computerized conferencing<http://archives.njit.edu/vhlib/cccc-materiasl/njit-cccc-rr-011/njit-cccc-rr-011.pdf> Aug. 1978 Robert Bezilla
Message: 1 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:24:43 +0000 From: Kornelia Trytko <ktrytko.ntu@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] discursive construction of online anonymity Message-ID: <CALs+mMTGw8PXhUGfW7TtiFKn_qO4Tk7HJh044=-DLP9= 3LLkdQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Hello everyone,
I?m looking for suggestions concerning discursive construction of online anonymity in traditional and new media. I was able to identify one paper on the representations of online anonymity in Canadian newspapers
http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/rt/printerFriendly... I?m searching for more.
My current project investigates the public discourse surrounding online anonymity in Poland. I want to explore who, how and why shapes the debate concerning anonymity on the Internet (with the particular focus on the ?real name? policy advocated by Facebook). I?m also researching the consequences of this debate for a democratic public sphere.
Any suggestions and contacts to people doing similar thing will be highly appreciated.
Best wishes,
Kornelia Trytko
PhD candidate
Nottingham Trent University
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Ack!! My apologies. Kindly disregard.
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- Arun (arun.kid86@gmail.com)
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books
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1. discursive construction of online anonymity (Kornelia Trytko) -- *Distinguished Professor Emeritus Information Systems, NJIT homepage: http://is.njit.edu/turoff *