Thursday, August 18, 2011

Network behavior "to individual" angry netizens "to put a fake morality."

Why is the daily life of the "ruthless" to the Internet has become common, but the expression? Why is a usually mild and courteous people, on the Net will anger the sky, showing the extreme?

The network of anger, how to do?

Stewart Lee is a British stage comedian. In 2009, his first TV series broadcast in the UK, so he began to collect and organize the network every comment, a total of six months to collect dozens of pages, and found that one third of Internet users a message, is Imagine a meal of his beat, and the remaining two-thirds, most people also made no secret of his disgust.

Stewart Lee is not the only one who suffered attacks. Internet is becoming a place to vent their anger, or entertainment celebrities casually open a blog or microblogging star, will see a lot of towering rage of the message - some emotion: each time to see to it, and feel like a whole world at any time to eruption of the volcano. This is not the best of times nor the worst of times, but thanks to the gift of the network, which seems to be a "most angry era." This phenomenon has aroused the concern of psychologists and social scientists: Why is the daily life of the "ruthless" to the Internet has become common, but the expression?

Wear vest, a stranger into an acquaintance

Good performance to show with bizarre human behavior, and never hide their cynical side of character, had, Stewart Lee thinks there is sufficient understanding of human nature; the face of online sped to the straightforward explicit harsh words, He has some struggling to cope, and admits that he was deeply shocked, every perturbed. There are so few months, he reminded himself to stay away from the network side, while suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder are like, could not help but go look at those full of malicious attacks. Slowly, he made some discovery: the Internet of people shouting for their own use are not his real name, which many people use different names in different places the same issue condemning. The most unexpected of him, some even on weekdays, and he met a good person to get along, wearing a "vest" on the Internet for his abusive sum - although these people under a false name, but you can easily see through.

There is an old saying, "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." It is this hidden, making the Internet are often caught in the language of violence. Los Angeles Times columnist who writes Jeffrey Welsh and Stewart Lee have a similar experience. In 15 years time, to include Wales in the form of blog coverage, including the film industry insider, the last two years, he found that individuals continue to use a pseudonym for the attack he wrote in his blog about almost 200 message. Wales had an invitation to the other side: Since you are so concerned about my blog, it is better to open my column right here, on condition that must be his real name. The other refused.

"To individual" when "to put a fake morality."

"To the individual," which is used to sociologists and psychologists to explain this phenomenon, a generic term to the effect that when a person removed from a group, to hide the true identity, they will not help put aside all social norms, to make unconventional move. "To individual" behavior is actually outside of the network also can be seen everywhere in daily life, such as a family a good father, stands in the court referee or other players on the big foul language. Now the Internet is more to the people to create an almost unlimited opportunity to cover themselves.

"To individual and group," a book author, who is also the United Kingdom Exeter and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands two social and organizational psychology professor Tom Muposiman study the issue over 20 years. He used a game to refer to those groups obsessed with angry people on the Internet - "Troll": Most of these people want attention, maverick, but in a normal environment constraints often not achieved; Network just gave them the opportunity not only anonymous, but in a group of virtual strangers in their own words without any liability and assume the risk.

According to the Posi Man observation network "trolls" are not limited to a particular type, which run wild on the pitch as there are many fans of the same - do not watch, they lived a life of conformist, but to the court, to indiscriminately "to put a fake his own moral."

Recognition and acceptance, "the most angry times," the psychological rehabilitation

Stewart Lee is now able to frankly face the bad reviews online, "I found that people hate, and a lot of exactly what I want to try; those who they blamed for the failure of performance, it is I think of the success of these comments is almost help me write a "means of Stewart Lee's comedy" series in the most. "

"'To the individual' is indeed part of human nature." Psychological Research Center, Fudan University, director of Sun when Jin told reporters, people who have not evolved a complete animal, both part of the divine, but also dark and brutal part. The so-called "theory of mind is no perfect world", the first to admit and accept it, is to perfect human nature, human beings continue to be an important prerequisite for the evolution.

From this perspective, attitude adjustment if the public in a timely, complete psychological rehabilitation, then the current avalanche of attacks, is for the individual and provide the community with opportunities for growth. Being the attacker, the attacks triggered by the negative sentiment is somewhat similar to massage the pain produced, which corresponds to physiological problems, the former corresponding to the character weakness. Sun Shijin appreciation approach, the negative evaluation of classification, although those who received harsh criticism, but justified, while the "nothing to do with me" attitude will filter out unreasonable abuse; in this process, to set their own inner strength to strength, thereby become comfortable.

For the network "trolls", when the Sun into the proposal after they vent their anger face, find out the reasons for anger, more peace with themselves and others, "or after the carnival is still lonely."

"I only hope they will not really take me and my family crazy action." Stewart Lee said this, which is social and psychologists are most concerned about. Sun Shijin noted that the focus is how to ensure the outbreak of anger on the Internet does not develop the actual harm, which need to improve laws and institutions, but also inseparable from the social environment of tolerance, "such as bad mood for people to provide appropriate outlet channel, moderate inclusion rather than to suppress the anger on the network ... we have to believe that people have the ability to self-healing and growth. "

The reporter Shao Ling

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