Anonymity

the American author Susan Sontag critiqued how speaking of a disease like blindness metaphorically has many consequences to people’s afflicted with the condition such as the feeling of dehumanization as results of an incapability and loss of anonymity. Sontag notices that, “Subjects of deepest dreads (corruption, decay, weakness) are identified with the disease and leads to the transformation of people afflicted with the disease in…

Disinhibition: The anonymity that technology allows people to engage in behaviors that they intentionally wouldn’t do in face-to-face events. III. Common Forms of Cyberbullying Different types of traditional bullying exist through physical and verbal abuse however; there…

If anything, the guaranteed anonymity makes the judgments of the list appear more absolute, impartial, unbiased. And so, with every new list, the labels that normally slice and dice the girls of Mount Washington High into a billion different distinctions — poseurs, populars, users, losers…

additional ethical concern in studying organizations is ‘preserving’ the image of the organization. Similarly to employees’ jobs being at risk, the image of the studied organization is also at risk (Kadushin, 2005). To mitigate this concern and preserve anonymity and confidentiality, I will report my results using pseudonyms for participants and also for the location of the…

adultery produced by a public sphere on the Deep Web. The example of the Ashley Madison leaks being attributed to the formation of public opinion on a social issue supports the identification of Deep Web as a public sphere, using important themes like anonymity and independence. However, as previously mentioned, the public sphere is an important political tool in democratic society because it gives citizens the power to influence political action. In consideration of Internet studies, the…

allows MST victims to access medical treatment for assault but not pursue legal action against the perpetrator, information such as rank, service branch, gender, age, race, and information about the assault is required in order to submit a report. Anonymity, then, is unlikely to be preserved. Also, evidence documenting the assault, including rape kits, is kept by the military for only one year, further compounding access to justice. These…

influenced by very unethical experiments in the past, such as Milgram’s Conformity and Obedience Experiment and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment. The current ethical guidelines are informed consent, voluntary participation, confidentiality, anonymity, right to withdraw, do no harm and debriefing (APS, n.d.). The ethical standards / regulations can vary for different types of research, for instance, if the researcher is doing clinical research there would be one ethics committee for that…

the studies. The ethical issues include: voluntary participation, deceiving participants, legal liability, anonymity and confidentiality. Voluntary participation has been an…

360 degree performance appraisal provides an opportunity for all levels of employees to express their views and contribute to the achievement of the objective of the organization. A number of distinct advantages can be realized from this type of assessment, and this technique has gained widespread popularity among small businesses. 360 degree feedback helps people get a broader how others perceive them and therefore motivates them to work harder to achieve organizational objective perspective.…

There is a specific branch of social psychology that I feel encompases adolence behavior the best is group influence. In adoleces humans are the most impressionable and are constantly looking to those around us to for reassurance. This is due to the fact that we are starting or developing physically, but also socially. It is at this age that we strive to answer the hard questions like “Who am I ?”, “What do I want to do with my life?” and “What type of person will I be in the future?”. The only…