Experiences of anonymity and the trends of a brief survey of research findings are discussed. It is proposed that notions and experiences of anonymity ought to be thought, taught and written about much more than they are at present.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Anonymous. (1970) Effects of sexual activity on beard growth in man. Nature, 226, 869–870.
2.
DienerE. (1976) Effects of prior destructive behavior, anonymity, and group presence on deindividuation and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33, 497–507.
3.
DienerE. (1977) Deindividuation: causes and consequences. Social Behavior and Personality, 5, 143–155.
4.
DienerE.WestfordK. L.DineenJ.FraserS. C. (1973) Beat the pacifists: the deindividuating effects of anonymity and group presence. Proceedings 81st Annual Convention American Psychological Association, 8, 221–222.
5.
GergenK. M.GergenM. M.BartonW. H. (1973) Deviance in the dark. Psychology Today, 7(5), 129–130.
6.
JonesR. M. (1981) Social characteristics of early adolescents upon entering a middle school. Journal of Early Adolescence, 1, 283–291.
7.
PedersenD. M. (1979) Dimensions of privacy. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 48, 1291–1297.
8.
PedersenD. M. (1982) Personality correlates of privacy. Journal of Psychology, 112, 11–14.
9.
PiagetJ. (1965) The child's conception of the world. Totowa, NJ: Littlefield Adams.
10.
ReamsR. (1987) Darkness in play therapy: anonymity and a sense of control as facilitators of disclosure. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 4, 112–115.
11.
RobertsG. C.BlackK. N. (1972) The effect of naming and object permanence on toy preferences. Child Development, 43, 858–868.
12.
SolomonL. Z.SolomonH.MaiorcaJ. (1982) The effects of bystander's anonymity, situational ambiguity, and victim's status on helping. Journal of Social Psychology, 117, 285–294.
13.
WestinA. (1970) Privacy and freedom. New York: Atheneum.
14.
ZimbardoP. (1970) The human choice: individuation, reason, and order versus deindividuation, impulse, and chaos. In ArnoldW. J.LevineD. (Eds.), Nebraska symposium on motivation, 1969. Lincoln, NE: Univer. of Nebraska Press. Pp. 237–307.
