Knowing Me, Knowing You: Anonymity Effects on Social Identity Processes within Groups

@article{Lea2001KnowingMK,
  title={Knowing Me, Knowing You: Anonymity Effects on Social Identity Processes within Groups},
  author={Martin Lea and Russell Spears and Daphne de Groot},
  journal={Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin},
  year={2001},
  volume={27},
  pages={526 - 537},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145104846}
}
The Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE) proposes that depersonalization of self and others is responsible for the effects of visual anonymity on group behavior. The authors investigated these mediating processes by assessing the effects of group-based self-categorization and stereotyping of others on group attraction within visually anonymous or video-identifiable groups communicating via computer. Structural equation modeling showed that visual anonymity increased group… 
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