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- Example: Madigan states that what people choose as their avatar will affect how they will act in the game. So, what happens if a person does not accurately depict themselves with the avatar they create? Evidence would lead one to assume that their online behavior would be different than their behavior in reality.
1. Dissociative Anonymity (you don't know me)
- Suler says that people feel more susceptible to opening up online because identities are hidden.
2. Solipsistic Interjection (it's all in my head)
- People act differently online due to the lack of face-to-face reality in the online environment.
“Online Catfish are scavengers. We take the pieces of different lives to form our own stories” -peopledepot
Two scientific terms relating to the reason people act differently online:
Do people act differently online?
A catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they're not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances
"I received a Facebook message one morning from a man I had met once at a wedding. His message was extremely crude and threatening, accusing me of trying to put a wedge between he and his ex. It was later pieced together that these messages did not come from me, but from another account that bore my name and photos. The impostor was someone I had never met who stumbled across my photos and decided to impersonate me for quite some time." Voxmagazine
According to Pew Internet Project Research,