Anonymous Social Media Users' Behavior When Commenting on Political Issues

Liw, Qi Qian (2022) Anonymous Social Media Users' Behavior When Commenting on Political Issues. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this research is seeking whether people’s behaviors change while they are in the form of anonymity and the awareness of knowledge, behaviors and media laws. As the summary of the result from this research, the researcher found out that people do change their behavior according to anonymity on social media. Furthermore, people are more inclined towards bad behavior when they are anonymous. At the same time, people do have awareness of anonymity and behavior. But when it comes to media laws the result shows that not every person fully understands it. Lastly, there are several specific reason that lead people to become anonymous on social media.