scholarly journals Let's agree to agree : effects of self-awareness and social identity on online deliberation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Michelle E. Funk
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Abortion Policy ◽  
Online Deliberation ◽  
Political Deliberation ◽  
Online Disinhibition ◽  
Conversation Partner ◽  
Correctly Recall

This experiment assesses the effects of ingroup versus outgroup communication in an online, one-on-one, anonymous setting on perceptions of deliberation quality in a conversation task pertaining to abortion policy. Additionally, the study examines the effects of different secondary goals during converstion tasks--those of persuasion, and those of other-awareness, or understanding--in concert with trait online disinhibition tendencies in individuals. Finally, outcomes related to perceptions of one's conversation partner (civility, intelligence, rationality, hostility, and others), perceived compromise, feelings of political deliberation cynicism, and accuracy of other awareness (i.e., ability to correctly recall a partner's abortion-related attitudes gleaned through conversation) were also measured. Many similar studies have found that the majority of online hostility will be committed by, accepted by, or even expected by those with higher levels of toxic online disinhibition--but as of yet, there has been relatively little research that inquires how civility can be encouraged in those predisposed to such toxic behaviors online. Notably, this study finds that those with higher levels of toxic, but not benign, online disinhibition prior to the task are capable of engaging amicably in deindividuated, anonymous online settings if their partner demonstrates a commitment to rationality even more than civility or intelligence, and at the same time does not compromise too easily.

How I See Myself Seen

Reputation ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Gloria Origgi
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Competence ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Charles Horton Cooley ◽  
Looking Glass ◽  
Over Time

This chapter introduces the idea of reputation as a social ego, a second self that guides actions sometimes even against interests. It analyzes the functioning of the management of social self as a fundamental social and cognitive competence. All people have two egos, two selves. These parallel and distinguishable identities make up who people are and profoundly affect how they behave. One is subjectivity, consisting of proprioceptive experiences, the physical sensations registered in the body. The other is reputation, a reflection of people's selves that constitutes social identity and makes how they see themselves seen integral to self-awareness. At the beginning of the twentieth century, American sociologist Charles Horton Cooley called the second ego the “looking-glass self.” This second ego is woven over time from multiple strands, incorporating how people think others around them perceive and judge them.

scholarly journals Football hooliganism: comparing self-awareness and social identity theory explanations

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Van Hiel ◽  
Lobke Hautman ◽  
Ilse Cornelis ◽  
Barbara De Clercq
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Self Awareness

The Structure of Political Discussion Networks: A Model for the Analysis of Online Deliberation

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon ◽  
Andreas Kaltenbrunner ◽  
Rafael E Banchs
Keyword(s):  
Structural Features ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Hierarchical Networks ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Discussion Threads ◽  
Online Deliberation ◽  
Political Deliberation ◽  
Using Data

This paper shows that online political discussion networks are, on average, wider and deeper than the networks generated by other types of discussions: they engage a larger number of participants and cascade through more levels of nested comments. Using data collected from the Slashdot forum, this paper reconstructs the discussion threads as hierarchical networks and proposes a model for their comparison and classification. In addition to the substantive topic of discussion, which corresponds to the different sections of the forum (such as Developers, Games, or Politics), we classify the threads according to structural features like the maximum number of comments at any level of the network (i.e. the width) and the number of nested layers in the network (i.e. the depth). We find that political discussion networks display a tendency to cluster around the area that corresponds to wider and deeper structures, showing a significant departure from the structure exhibited by other types of discussions. We propose using this model to create a framework that allows the analysis and comparison of different internet technologies for the promotion of political deliberation.

scholarly journals Deindividuation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Spears
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Group Norms ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Mixed Support ◽  
Primary Literature

Deindividuation is among the classic phenomena researched by the early pioneers of social psychology. Building on the theorizing of LeBon (1895/1985), deindividuation provided an explanation for aggression in the crowd, a concern as relevant today as it was in the previous two centuries. The theory predicts that behavior becomes more antinormative and aggressive under conditions of anonymity, associated with group immersion, and that this occurs because of reduced self-awareness and deregulated behavior. However, close scrutiny of the deindividuation literature provides scant evidence for the deindividuation process. Revisiting the primary literature reveals at best mixed support for the original claims and many contradictions, often belied by accounts in secondary sources and textbooks. Reformulation and refinement of the theory has not helped. I present a reinterpretation, in terms of social influence by group norms, in line with social identity principles, supported by experimental evidence and a meta-analysis of the original deindividuation literature.

scholarly journals Social identity in the age structure of the inhabitants of the Jewish Autonomous Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyubov Nevelichko ◽  
Irina Vorotilkina ◽  
Svetlana Schetinina ◽  
Vasily Sinyukov
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Individual

The article discusses the problem of social identity, its characteristics, conditions of formation. The theme of identity is the most relevant at the present stage of development of Russian society. This is due to the fact that the reforms being carried out in the country require active civic participation in their implementation, and this requires an understanding of the relationship in the socio-economic transformations to individual and social, subjective and group, national and personal, that is, there is reason for the formation of a multidimensional phenomenon of identity. The authors conclude that ignoring the process of identity formation poses a threat of failures in economic, political and cultural transformations, since new forms of socio-economic relations often conflict with the already existing concept of the individual “I” that embodies his life ideals, conditions and forms of life. It was established that under these conditions it is the formation of positive social self-identification as a reflection of personal self-awareness that is the most important factor in the stable development of modern society and the leading motivating factor in combining people's efforts to solve socially significant problems. The article presents a theoretical analysis of the interpretations of the concepts of identity, identification, social identity, as well as an empirical analysis of the social identity of the inhabitants of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The study not only made it possible to establish the interests of the inhabitants of the study area, but also to make predictions regarding the content of their social activities, reactions to external events.

scholarly journals Research on the social identity of adolescents with deviant behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 19025
Author(s):  
Oksana Isaakian ◽  
Marina Lukyanenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Theoretical Justification ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Different Levels

Introduction. The difficultly predictable socio-economic and socio-moral difficulties of modern society at the stage in the development of our society have exacerbated the problem of upbringing and formation of adolescents, which negatively affects the process of their adaptation and socialization. This issue is addressed at different levels: legal, medical, psychological, social. Theoretical justification In adolescence, identity goes through a phase of formation, being in the zone of proximal mental development. Identity and identification are important characteristics of self-awareness. Timely identification of identification disorders makes it possible to detect deviations in the formation of identity in adolescents, which is extremely important both for diagnosing the personality of adolescents with deviant behavior and for their correction. Results. The problem of the formation of the social identity of adolescents with deviant behavior puts before the authors of the article the need to search for directed and indirect technologies for working with adolescents, taking into account the characteristics of their personality. The authors proved the difference in the social identity of adolescents with normalized behavior and adolescents with deviant behavior and identified the features of the social identity of adolescents with deviant behavior, having received a qualitative assessment after using diagnostic methods and analysis of the data obtained. The discussion of the results. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical technologies for the formation of the social identity of adolescents with deviant behavior has shown the possibility of using patterns of successful, socially approved behavior for various aspects of adolescent life.

Twitter users change word usage according to conversation-partner social identity

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Tamburrini ◽  
Marco Cinnirella ◽  
Vincent A.A. Jansen ◽  
John Bryden
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Word Usage ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Conversation Partner

scholarly journals Review of Deindividuation (Loss of Self-Awareness and Self-Identity) and Its Effects

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanchi Madhavi ◽  
Okbit W/Gebriel
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Individual Identity ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Loss Of Self ◽  
The Social

Individuation is the process by which an individual becomes distinct. Individuation distinguishes you from everybody else in contrast deindividuation is mostly unconscious and more likely to lead to mischief as it is a sort of self-delusion. Deindividuation theory was developed to explain the violence and irrationality of the crowd. According to deindividuation theory, the anonymity and excitement of the crowd make individuals lose a sense of individual identity. But, despite a large amount of research, there is little support for deindividuation theory. As person moves into a group, results in a loss of individual identity and gaining the social identity of the group. When two groups argue (and crowd problems are often between groups), it is like two people arguing. Immersion in a group to the point that one loses a sense of self-awareness and feels lessened responsibility for one’s actions. This article discusses the theoretical background of deindividuation and its effects on individual, group and society and also its application in daily life.

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