Anonymity

Since the creation of the internet in the late 1960’s, it has expanded even more than it creators could have thought. What was once just used by the government and researcher to share information across the world has now become the driving force of society worldwide, we depended upon it daily. With this expansion we have also seen it become a growing concern for law enforcement agencies around the world; the reason being that criminals have moved their operations from the traditional forms of…

More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions. Unlike online services, which are centrally controlled, the Internet is decentralized by design. Each Internet computer, called a host, is independent. Its operators can choose which Internet services to use and which local services to make available to the global Internet community. Remarkably, this anarchy by design works exceedingly well. There are a variety of ways to access the Internet. Most online services,…

Cyberbullying is an evolving from of bullying that students are faced with due to the growth and expansion of technology and the internet. Overall, bullying has been a prevalent issue facing students across the country and Louisiana has created laws to combat the threat to adolescents. Traditional bullying typically occurs face to face between the aggressor and the victim, but cyberbullying is harassment that occurs through electronic means where the two parties may be physically separated.…

Aim: The BBC prison experiment was a study that tested the psychological effect of people being placed in an environment where there was inequality in terms of power, status and resources. As stated by Haslam and Reicher, they “were trying to investigate the factors (e.g., social identification, permeability, cognitive alternatives) that determine when people act as group members and how they respond to an unequal social system.” (Haslam and Reicher, 2008). Method: Fifteen men were chosen to…

Slessor’s poetry examines the truth in life that humans are fragile creatures using the powerful images of the dichotomy of the human condition and the aspect of Australia unique landscape. Kenneth Slessor composed the poems “Beach Burial” and “North Country” unveils the reminiscent images of war and its effect on people to allow the responder to imagine images of the coming of Australian life. The inevitable conclusion of time is death in Beach Burial while North Country captures the finality…

spite of that, she remained a mystery to the main male protagonist of 1984, Winston Smith, a man opposed to the establishment—known as Big Brother. After all, looks can be deceiving, insofar as they serve an ulterior purpose and in her purposes—anonymity. She later reveals herself to be a…

These stages consist of the following: • Confidentially and anonymity • Confirming that no harm comes to applicants, including gaining informed consent • Concealment and deception including debriefing • Participation must be voluntary (Weerakkody 2015, p. 76). In contrast to these stages and the data included in…

Introduction: The tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons, has remained a cornerstone of pop culture and is more popular than ever since its creation in 1974. However, for how popular it is, the game of D&D has largely remained secluded into a certain sect of people, geeks. Since its creation, D&D has been stigmatized based on stereotypes and bias surrounding the perceived people playing (geeks and nerds) and how the game is portrayed in mainstream media. For example, in 1979 a…

1. Robbery on the streets is influenced by money and it is stimulated by street culture and cognitive scripts. Street robbers are always alert for opportunity if there is a chance they will take it without thinking twice. Robbers will continue offending because they have nothing to lose but rather much to gain they get quick cash, excitement and dominance out of it. Street robbers often get away with their offense because their cognitive scripts help them learn and calculate the situation better…

And to have action, we must first have speech: free and uninhibited. One of the greatest challenges of Nineteen Eighty-Four—and the central reason why Winston is defeated by the novel’s end—is that rebellion exists only in anonymity. Even if the Party did have enemies, says Winston, these opponents “had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could…