Does one’s behavior change if they are being watched? - Communication Technology
'Our species' penchant for giving the best forms of ourselves under the prying gaze of watchful eyes isn't a technical phenomenon. How many of us haven't acted a bit inconsiderately when we believed we could get away with it, but behaved rightly when being observed? High school scholars are warned that college admissions officers might find them available on online , and hopeful job applicants scrub their Facebook pages of awkward photos. Google has eliminated the traditional blind date. Our online activities are standing on our reputation management. In fact, we're so delicate to being observed that even just a drawing or photograph of a pair of eyes influences our decisions. And we don't even have to be intentionally aware of those eyes in the first place. Are people alone in such behavior? I think Thomas Jefferson was on a parallel train of thought when he wrote, “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” I alw...