„The social identity model of deindividuation effects (or SIDE model) is a theory from Social Psychology that deals with the effects of (partial) anonymity and identifiability on group behavior.
Geographic Profiling
Scientists have used geographic profiling methods to try and identify the pseudonymous UK street artist Banksy. The commentaries (links see below) are more critical than this introductory abstract: „The pseudonymous artist Banksy is one of the UK’s most successful contemporary artists, but his identity remains a mystery. Here, we use a Dirichlet process mixture (DPM) […]
Project on Identity Management Technologies
The project „IMprints“ is based esp. at Loughborough University and at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in the UK and deals with public responses to Future Identity Management practices and technologies.
The Right to Anonymity
The World Charter of Free Media, issued in Tunis in March 2015, demands „the right to anonymity“.
Anonymity in Journalism (in German)
The results of a workshop on the role of anonymity, especially with regard to journalism, were summarised in this blog entry at Berliner Gazette: Sind wir bereit für Anonymität? / Are we ready for anonymity? It features two short case studies, one on Belarus, the other on France. – Particularly useful is the toolbox for […]