Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Moral panic and alternative identity construction in Usenet

2006; Wiley; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1083-6101.2001.tb00136.x

1083-6101

Paul Baker,

Media Studies and Communication

In this paper the concept of the "moral panic" is applied to computer-mediated communication through a qualitative examination of the case of a "troll" poster to the Usenet group alt.tv.melrose-place over a four month period. The notion of Internet identity construction is analyzed as a collaboration between participants, and the resolution strategies that the participants used in order to neutralize the moral panic are examined.