ho ho ho
merry xmas folks. I just wanted to post some links I've collected recently
The following case studies might be useful for anyone answering the questions on deception and crime: Simon Owens carried out some research to see how much response he'd get to a fake personals ad on craigslist (massive US classifieds site) - perhaps unsurprisingly, his w4m profile was inundated with responses from men. Jason Fortuny took it a step further and posted all the responses he got to a fake personals ad, complete with personal details and photos. Lastly there was Jessica Wolcott who tried to blackmail a company CEO into giving her $125,000. It makes me wonder if the victims would have been that gullible in real life or if there was something about cyberspace which made them lower their guard?
University College researchers have done a replication of Milgram's electric shock studies in cyberspace - an excellent example of using cyberspace for research we couldn't otherwise do and more proof that we behave in cyberspace a lot like we do in real life (Debbie, looks like I might have to eat some of my words from my comments on using cyberspace for research :p, but not completely because they recruited the P's offline)
There was an interesting debate recently about the energy consumption of a SL avatar - nothing to do with psychology but I think it's interesting. And if you're wondering why I'm online on xmas day, the BBC has an answer. (Nice quote in the last paragraph).
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Ok, my reply has taken just a wee bit longer than expected but it HAS been a busy period (for us all?) :)
Thanks, for that link to the Milgram in cyberpsace stuff, Hal. It's truly very useful to have that to refer back to. Not many studies such as this are emerging yet. (I'm sure they will)(NO need to eat TOO much humble pie yet but I'll keep a little in the fridge for ya) ;)
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