Evaluating peers in cyberspace: The impact of anonymity

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Highlights:

• Individual difference variables moderate impact of anonymity on evaluation of peers.

• High self-esteem people voiced harsher opinions when they could not be identified.

• People high in conformity less likely to disparage target when they were anonymous.

• Low social anxiousness results in greater hostility toward targets when anonymous.

摘要

•Individual difference variables moderate impact of anonymity on evaluation of peers.•High self-esteem people voiced harsher opinions when they could not be identified.•People high in conformity less likely to disparage target when they were anonymous.•Low social anxiousness results in greater hostility toward targets when anonymous.

论文关键词:Anonymity,Attitudes,Interpersonal evaluations,Computer-mediated communication

论文评审过程:Received 1 October 2014, Revised 30 August 2015, Accepted 21 September 2015, Available online 29 September 2015, Version of Record 29 September 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.024