Online Anonymity as a Continually Challenging Concept in Media Psychology

January 2023 Hana Macháčková

For years, anonymity has been used to both specify the unique character of online interaction and differentiate it from offline conditions. We are living in the age of social media, interact using our profiles, seeing continuing augmentations of online and offline social spaces. In these conditions, what does anonymity actually mean?

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