The Online Disinhibition Effect
John Suler,
Psychology of Cyberspace,
Jun 18, 2002
Disinhibition is one of the more frequently mentioned effects of online learning. It is sometimes described as the increased liklihood that a shy student will speak up, for example, or that students will be more forthright. This quick little article describes the disinhibition effect in terms of a half dozen sub-classes: anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociation and neutralizing of status. Good read. Written last year but just revised.
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