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The results indicate that in the text-only chat environment, subjects who were deceiving their partner experienced higher anxiety levels than those who were truthful to their partner; however, the same phenomenon was not observed in the avatar-supported chat environment. This suggests that “wearing a mask” in cyberspace may reduce anxiety in deceiving others. Additionally, deceivers are more likely to choose avatars that are different from their real selves. The results also show that the use of avatars in a computer-mediated chat environment does not have an impact on one's perceived trustworthiness. -
1voteDescribes the incident of SVMaria - a girl from Chile who allegedly faked a miscarriage and other details of her life, set up a wish list when she was in the "fake" hospital, and maintained a number of fake LJ user accounts (sock puppets) who reported about her misfortunes and asked for gifts from the LJ community.
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1voteCritics have mocked the banality of most tweets & questioned whether we really need such an assault upon our powers of concentration. But right now, it’s one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet. I also strongly disliked the radical self-revelation of Twitter. I wasn’t sure that it was good for my intimate circle to know so much about my daily rounds, or healthy for me to tell them.
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4voteElgg represents a shift from aging, top-down classroom technologies like Blackboard to what e-learning practitioners call personal learning environments -- mashup spaces comprising del.icio.us feeds, blog posts, podcast widgets, etc. "Students seem to be using especially their blog as the expression of their academic identity."
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2voteWith people spending so much time connecting in the virtual world, their online identities are becoming as important as their offline ones. "As silly as it may sound, your avatar essentially reflects you or who you would like to be," said Krista Callahan. For some people, their avatars are simply an extension of their offline selves. For others, they are pure fantasy, said Anastasia Goodstein.
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1voteGraduate and undergraduate students will present their work at a day-long conference investigating identity, identification, privacy and anonymity through various disciplinary lenses. Participants will be selected through a fully peer-reviewed process and presentations from students from around the world are anticipated.
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1voteNot only do the new social networking sites facilitate and widely disseminate teenage indiscretions, they help seal them in Internet amber. Ill-advised Internet postings are like a bad tattoo with little hope of laser removal. The article also discusses predators, cyber-bullying, and the unintended, high-stakes audiences who may view teens' MySpace pages.
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