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  • How to understand identity in anonymous computer-mediated commnication?
    Praprotnik, Tadej
    In this paper I will discuss several problems concerning the question of identity in anonymous computer-mediated communication. Internet should enable the individual to discover new viewpoints of ... his/her own personality. The potential of virtual reality lies actually in the very process of redefinition of identity itself, which is very typical for this reality. The first problem concerns the fact that virtual persons are still "the same" persons. As far as identity construction is concernerd, meta-message "this is only a game" can have productively a very successful function. This meta-message - especially if we take into account the inherent anonymity of the user - enables the individual to articulate various hidden truths about himself, because he is aware that he "is only playing" a game on the screen. We must point out that inherent playfulness can enable and project very real feelings because individuals also show themselves without the "mask".
    Vir: Revija za sociologiju : sociološki tromjesečnik = Sociological review : sociological quarterly. - ISSN 0350-154X (Vol. 35, no. 1/2, 2004, Str. 1-11)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2004
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 990349

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