OPEN ACCESS
PEER-REVIEWED
Original Study
| Published: January 16, 2025
The Role of Online Anonymity in Fostering Self-Expression: An Analysis of Individual and Contextual Dynamics
Student, Dept. of Psychology, Amity University, Bengaluru.
Google Scholar
More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Amity University, Bengaluru.
Google Scholar
More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.014.20251301
DOI: 10.25215/1301.014
ABSTRACT
This study explores the impact of online anonymity on individuals’ behaviour, particularly focusing on their likelihood to express true opinions and discuss sensitive topics. Utilizing data from 100 participants, the study highlights how anonymity can encourage openness while uncovering variability influenced by personal and societal factors. Descriptive statistics reveal a mean score of 110 and a standard deviation of 9.19, with scores spanning from 87 to 139. Shapiro-Wilk results (W = 0.974, p = 0.043) indicate slight non-normality in data distribution. These findings affirm the hypothesis that online anonymity fosters expression but also underscore the need to account for individual differences.
Keywords
Online Anonymity, Self-Expression, Sensitive Topics, Individual Variability, Social Behaviour
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2025, Prajith, N. & Bhuyan, B.
Received: January 05, 2025; Revision Received: January 12, 2025; Accepted: January 16, 2025
Nandana Prajith @ nandpra56@gmail.com
Article Overview
ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.014.20251301
10.25215/1301.014
Download: 40
View: 1418
Published in Volume 13, Issue 1, January-March, 2025