2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Aggression on the Internet and norm formation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530564
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Social psychology
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	YOSHIDA Fujio University of Tsukuba, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 教授 (80182781)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KIKUCHI Tadashi 筑波大学, 名誉教授 (80161420)
Research Collaborator	FUJI Kei 筑波大学, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 準研究員 (50581584) SATO Hirotune 筑波大学, 大学院・教育研究科, 準研究員 (00598691)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	インターネット / 攻撃性 / 規範形成
Research Abstract	Purpose of this study was to examine the following three problems associated with aggression on the Internet. First, the factors that produce the discommunication and that increase/decrease uninhibited behaviors were examined on the experimental compute-mediated communication settings. Second, to demonstrate the psychological processes related to uninhibited behaviors on the Internet, we investigated the mediating processes for inhibition of consulting behavior for victims of cyberbullying and for sharing behavior on the self-help online community. Third, we explored the way to inhibit the aggressive behavior and to introduce the group norm on the online community. Results suggested the effectiveness of active intervention of managers.