Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rouyn-Noranda, Internet Troll, Reality Principle

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Online profiles : allow people a level of emancipation from the stresses of off-line life . Mimetic behaviour (mimicking behaviour: this allows deviants to camouflage themselves more easily as our tolerance for deviant behaviour reaches much higher levels online than in face to face interaction, there is an increase tolerance for deviant behaviour online. The reality is that the self commodification, superficiality, and the exploitative nature of social media . [b]lurs the line between the normal and the deviant . When desensitized : we don"t notice behaviours that psychopaths may be. , rehearsing for a crime, seeking validation or admiration for perverse plans, actions, thoughts, the question worth asking is how psychopathy has moved into digital space yet seldom remains. Illusion and fantasy are what is known as the centeredness of the psychopath. Gateway behaviour: attack paraphilia, when the gateway behaviour gets bored then more here, move from fetish behaviour to killing.

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