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Online Behaviour

Some people we work with report that they behaved in a way online that they wouldn’t have done in the offline world.

The Panopticon

The Panopticon was a design of building meaning that one person could observe all those in the building.

It is important to consider how we behave when we feel we might be being observed, compared to how we behave when we think no one is watching.

This can relate to the Internet and how people can feel like they are anonymous and not being watched by others when they are online. This can result in people feeling detached from their online behaviour, as if it is not part of their true self.

How did this relate to you? How did your online behaviour differ from your offline behaviour? Consider how you behave on social media, what you might access or view online, who you might talk to and how you might talk to them. There will also be ways you behave online which is the same as offline, and it is important to consider these too. This shows that the online and offline world are not completely separate.

For example, did you seek out sexual material online but not do so offline? Did you communicate with people online that you did not/would not offline? Did you communicate in the same way with others online and offline, for example, in your use of language and your level of politeness?