APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

It's Not As Bad If You Do It on the Internet: Moral Blame in Cases of Leaked Photos and Peeping Toms

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • Carl Jago
    University of California, San Diego
  • Arseny Ryazanov
    UC San Diego
  • Nicholas Christenfeld
    University of California, San Diego

Abstract

Several studies demonstrate that similar privacy violations involving private, nude photos and prurient peeping are considered less blameworthy when they occur over the internet rather than in person or with physically printed photos. Results suggest factors that contribute to this effect, including a lack of consensus over appropriate Internet conduct.

Judgment and Decision Making

← Poster Session XIX