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Unembodied vs Cyberdisinhibition - What's the difference?

unembodied | cyberdisinhibition |

As an adjective unembodied

is incorporeal; not possessed of a body.

As a noun cyberdisinhibition is

(psychology|internet) the disinhibition of the expression of negative emotional impulses via on-line interactive media owing to the impalpability of others’ emotional responses — which would normally have a tempering effect on one’s behaviour — arising from the unembodied, artifical nature of such media of interaction.

unembodied

English

Alternative forms

* unimbodied (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Incorporeal; not possessed of a body.
  • # Not expressed or exhibited in material or concrete form; wholly abstract.
  • # Not incorporated into a coherent system; conceptually disconnected.
  • (especially of armed multitudes) Not united in a regimented structure; lacking structure and order.
  • Existing]] or [[operate, operating without involvement by the body; solely mental or intellectual; “ungrounded”, “heady”.

    • References

    * “ unem?bodied, ppl. a.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    cyberdisinhibition

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (psychology, Internet) The disinhibition of the expression of negative emotional impulses via on-line interactive media owing to the impalpability of others’ emotional responses — which would normally have a tempering effect on one’s behaviour — arising from the unembodied, artifical nature of such media of interaction.
  • * 2006 : ; ISBN 0743295536, 9780743295536)
    • The Internet undermines the quality of human interaction, allowing destructive emotional impulses freer rein under specific circumstances. The reason is a neural fluke that results in cyberdisinhibition of brain systems that keep our more unruly urges in check. […¶] Communication via the Internet can mislead the brain’s social systems. The key mechanisms are in the prefrontal cortex. […¶] In order for this regulatory mechanism to operate well, you depend on real-time, ongoing feedback from the other person. The Internet has no means of allowing such real-time feedback (other than with rarely used two-way audio/visual streams). […] This results in disinhibition: impulse unleashed. [¶…T]his disinhibition becomes far more likely when people feel strong negative emotions. What fails to be inihibited are the impulses those emotions generate. [¶] This phenomenon has been recognized since the earliest days of the Internet…as ‘flaming’: the tendency to send abrasive, angry, or otherwise emotionally ‘off’ cybermessages.