Self Identity In Cyberspace

Question 1

Adaptations in Usenet

Answer 1

Communication e.g. Netiquette

Question 2

What impressions do usernames make online?

Answer 2

Status, personality

Question 3

Uncertainty reduction theory (Hiesler and Crabill, 2006) self report survey

Answer 3

300 UGs in USA. Majority assigned a sex, 65% age and 56% race. Creative names= more descriptive and inferred demographic and personality info to them E.g stinkybug

Question 4

Turkle (2011) on identity and conversation

Answer 4

Modern day Goldilocks and Internet offers compensation for physical proximity being lost in life

Question 5

Multiuser domains (MUDs)

Answer 5

Role playing games but online. Can control characters and has a deep psych effect on people

Question 6

Yee (2006)

Answer 6

Army officer shows sensitive side online

27% most satisfying experience and 33% most negative experience was in game

Question 7

Yee (2006) motivations for male and female users

Answer 7

Male: achievement and manipulation
Female: relationship and escapism

Question 8

MMO’s for community (Steinkueler and Williams, 2006)

Answer 8

Function as a third place for informal sociability

Question 9

Erikson- moratorium

Answer 9

Internet like a moratorium for everyday roles

Question 10

Peter et al (2005) 493 introverted vs extroverted adolescents

Answer 10

Rich get richer hypothesis (benefit the most have good social skills)
Social compensation hypothesis (shy in f2f could benefit from online

Question 11

I share therefore I am

Answer 11

Turkey (1995)

Question 12

Stern (1999,2002) female home pages

Answer 12

Female: personal, intimate, immediate narratives

Question 13

Doering (2002)

Answer 13

233 home pages analysed. Male more tech and emphasise status more

Question 14

Positive outcomes of social media

Answer 14

Health, lower crime rate

Question 15

Paul and brier (2001) 286 students on FB

Answer 15

FB users report 10-30 mins per day, 150-200 friends and use is to maintain exciting relationships (bridging vs bonding social capital)

Question 16

Turkle (2011) downside of online friendships

Answer 16

Can dumb yourself down

Question 17

Objective self awareness theory

Answer 17

Suggests this makes us anxious

Question 18

Walther (1996) hyperpersonal model

Answer 18

More connection with true self, feel good on FB

Question 19

Walther (2008)

Answer 19

Rated as more attractive when attractive friends post on our wall

Question 20

Lea and spears (1994)

Answer 20

Cmc relationships not like f2f relationships

Question 21

Elinson et Al (2006) uncertainty reduction

Answer 21

People infer things from their online behaviour e.g can’t spell means uneducated

Question 22

McKenna et al (2002) who are more likely to take CMC offline and make them last?

Answer 22

People who are better at disclosing their true self online

Question 23

Baym (1994) 5 factors of influence on CMC

Answer 23

External contexts, temporal structure, infrastructure of comp system, purposes of CMC, characteristics of the group and its members

Question 24

Yum and Hara (2006) cross cultural differences exist (vs US)

Answer 24

In Korea and Japan self disclosure and trust not a positive relationship

Question 25

What is Usenet?

Answer 25

An Internet newsroom (Baym, 1995): 3 million + users