It is not difficult to find a number of situations that involve opportunities for anonymous communication, especially in various forms of online interaction. The research reported here tests key propositions from the receiver response model (RRM) of anonymous communication. We conducted an experiment manipulating the context of a message from an anonymous source and examining its effects on perceived source anonymity, perceived ability and desire to identify the source, and intentions to identify the source. Participants expressed less desire to identify an anonymous source and perceived less ability to identify the source in a mass communication context than an interpersonal context. Desire and ability were positively associated with intentions to identify the source. Perceived anonymity was not different between the two contexts, but was positively associated with desire and negatively associated with ability to identify the anonymous source.

不难发现一些涉及匿名交流机会的情况，尤其是在各种形式的在线互动中。这里报告的研究测试了匿名通信的接收者响应模型 (RRM) 的关键命题。我们进行了一项实验，以操纵来自匿名来源的消息的上下文，并检查其对感知来源匿名性、感知能力和识别来源的愿望以及识别来源的意图的影响。与人际环境相比，参与者表示不太愿意识别匿名来源，并且认为在大众传播环境中识别来源的能力较低。欲望和能力与识别来源的意图呈正相关。感知的匿名性在两种情况下没有区别，