Susanne Jensvold Ruud
Soc 167. Assignment 2
My story is about a online crime committed by a Marine
resident who used so called “sextortion” to blackmail a women into sending him
pictures of herself. When the women denied he said he would send pictures he
already had of her around to other people and leak them on the Internet. Along
with other private information about her. He communicated with the women
through anonymous emails. The man has now pleaded guilty in front of a judge
for interstate stalking. He will face a maximum sentence of 5 years.
John Bryan Villegas who
was judged in this case used dissociative anonymity. He send anonymous emails
and the women he sent them to could not know any personal information about
him. John hided his identity because he wanted to blackmail the women he sent
emails to. This anonymity is one of the things that create the disinhibiton
effect. What Johan says or do to this women through the emails can’t be
directly linked to him and affect his life. Which makes it easier to go through
with it.
John was also invisible
through the use of Internet. The women he sent the emails to couldn’t see him
and he couldn’t see her. This makes it easier for him to things he maybe
otherwise wouldn’t.
When John and the woman interacted through emails
they don’t interact in real time. Which means that they can answer whenever
they want. This is called asynchronicity. When they don’t have to react to the
immediate reaction of the other person this creates disinhibiton. When people
communicate face to face they usually follow social norms. But this can
disappear when you communicate through emails. People can then have expressions
that avert from social norms. Because they can say something and put it out
there, but they can also run from it afterwards if they want to. Because people
don’t know who you are.
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