PUTTING IDENTITY TO THE TEST: ABOUT ANONYMITY AND PSEUDO-ANONYMITY ON THE WEB-FORUM

Abstract

U radu se autorica bavi temom samoimenovanja – odabira korisnčkih imena – u forumskoj razmjeni na temelju praćenja nekoliko domaćih web-foruma namijenjenih pripadnicima seksualnih i rodnih manjina, a u vezi s temom identitetske igre i navodne internetske anonimnosti. Unatoč utemeljenim kritikama identitetske igre kojima, kao i samoj zamisli o identitetskoj igri, u radu posvećuje određenu pažnju, autorica upućuje na vrijednost jedne od varijanti identitetskog eksperimentiranja u osobitom internetskom okruženju, onom posvećenom seksualnim manjinama. Riječ je o iskušavanju identiteta, odnosno pojedinih njegovih aspekata koji su u takozvanom stvarnom životu prikriveni ili modificirani. Uvodi i zamisao o simboličnom iskoraku na mreži te o različitim razinama anonimnosti u forumskoj razmjeni.The author deals in this paper with the theme of self-designation – in selection of a user name – in forum exchange, basing her research on monitoring several domestic web-forums intended for members of sexual and gender minorities, from the aspect of the theme of identity games and ostensible Internet anonymity. Despite well founded criticism of identity games to which she devotes certain attention, as well as to the thought itself of the identity game, the author indicates the worth of one of the variants of identity experimentation in a particular Internet environment, the one dedicated to sexual minorities. This is an instance of putting identity to the test and/or its individual aspects that are hidden or modified in the so-called real world. She also introduces the notion of symbolic coming out on the net as well as considering various levels of anonymity in forum exchange

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