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The Proteus Effect

The Online Disinhibition Effect

  • Stanford researcher, James Madigan, says “The Proteus effect…describes the phenomenon where people will change their in-game behavior based on how they think others will expect them to behave”

- 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.

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  • John Suler defines it as when "people say and do things in cyberspace that they wouldn’t ordinarily say or do in the face-to-face world".
  • Two main causes of the online disinhibition effect:

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.

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The Motivating Factors Behind a Catfish

“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:

  • The Online Disinhibition Effect
  • The Proteus Effect

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Conclusion

Do people act differently online?

  • YES
  • However, not all people go to the extremity of making false accounts
  • It is safe to say that most people act differently online, but the extremity of the differences portrayed are dependent on the person

Catfish

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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

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Meet Laura

"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

Picture stolen from her account and used by someone she had never met. (Voxmagazine)

Social Media Stats

According to Pew Internet Project Research,

  • 74% of online adults used social networking sites
  • 40% of cell phone owners had a working social networking site on their phones
  • 22% of people with social networking profiles get online more than once a day
  • 83,000,000 profiles on Facebook are fake accounts

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Do People Act Differently Online?

"All of cyberspace is a stage, and we are merely players" -John Suler

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