Virtual imposters : responses to avatars that do not look like their controllers
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The norm that individuals should truthfully portray themselves to others is frequently violated in computer-mediated interactions. Even in the early days of the internet, scholars documented crimes in cyberspace where individuals would take on the identities of others to commit virtual crimes. Today, crime reports warn of the ease of identity disguise and the associated dangers. For example, sexual predators use computer code names to disguise their real identities and pretend to be the same age as their juvenile victims, and perpetrators use created email addresses to send sexually explicit or derogatory messages under the cover of other individuals or companies. Additionally, sometimes individuals utilize identity disguise while behaving anti-socially, even if this behavior wouldn't be categorized as a crime. Bullying others using a created social media identity, or aggressing against other players in an online game using an avatar that disguises one's true identity would be examples of such anti-social behavior. Does the fact that these individuals disguised their identities while committing these acts make their actions even more despicable? This research examines that question.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Segovia, Kathryn Yvonne |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Communication |
| Primary advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Thesis advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Thesis advisor | Fishkin, James S |
| Thesis advisor | Monin, Benoît, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Nass, Clifford Ivar |
| Thesis advisor | Ross, Lee |
| Advisor | Fishkin, James S |
| Advisor | Monin, Benoît, 1972- |
| Advisor | Nass, Clifford Ivar |
| Advisor | Ross, Lee |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kathryn Yvonne Segovia. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Communication. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Kathryn Yvonne Segovia
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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