deindividuation/dissociation

>>Another approach may be to investigate when this is the case, and more precisely to look for context in which technology promotes openness and intimacy, and cases in which it does not.<<

This sounds right to me. Back in my grad school days, my advisor Ed Katkin always told us, "There are two types of researchers: lumpers and splitters." While some people like to find general laws that apply to all humans (lumpers), I always preferred looking at individual differences (splitters).... I'll have to think some more about applying the concept of deindividuation to online life. I do like to apply the concept of dissociation.

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