Abstract
The self-conscious emotions of shame, guilt and embarrassment are known for regulating human societies by (1) encouraging the wrongdoer to further comply and (2) extending reparation to the one damaged. Self-awareness is a requisite for the experience of self-conscious emotions. In this paper, we hypothesise that low self-awareness online deprives an offender of the emotional consequences that usually follow a norm violation. Therefore, the aforementioned pro-social benefits of self-conscious emotions are not made possible. We test this hypothesis in a study during which online offenders were assigned to either high or low self-awareness conditions. The results show that high self-aware participants, in contrast to low self-aware participants, experience more self-conscious emotions, collaborate more when given a second opportunity and apologise more frequently.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 108-112 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Event | 20th British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Engage, HCI 2006 - London, UK United Kingdom Duration: 11 Sept 2006 → 15 Sept 2006 |
Conference
| Conference | 20th British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Engage, HCI 2006 |
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| Country/Territory | UK United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Period | 11/09/06 → 15/09/06 |
Keywords
- Computer-mediated communication
- Norm compliance
- Self-awareness
- Self-conscious emotions
- Uninhibited behaviour
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Human-Computer Interaction