Assignment: Online Disinhibition Effect
For this discussion post, please review the Online Disinhibition Effectdiscussed in Module 15 and in the Comm Tech PowerPoint.
Then, respond to the following questions:
1. Do you experience the online disinhibition effect in your own online or mediated interactions? In other words, do you feel as if you tend to say and do things in online settings that you would not ordinarily say and do in face-to-face interactions? Why or why not?
• If yes, what factor(s) do you think most contribute to your online disinhibition (anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, minimization of authority)?
• If no, please explain why you don't think you experience the online disinhibition effect.
2. Next, think about the online/mediated messages and posts you see from other people (on social media, through email and text-messaging, in comment sections or other online forums, etc.). Do you see more instances of toxic inhibition or benign inhibition from others? Why do you think this is? Please support your response with specific examples.