ABSTRACT
Understanding society and the Internet through its unconscious elements adds new dimensions to scientific exploration. When using the group analytic frame of reference for studying a specific social unconscious, one goes beyond the visible elements and discovers unknown powerful discourses existing in the culture under scrutiny. The social unconscious of people belonging to a particular society can be co-constructed by collective memories. Cyberspace creates the opportunity of grasping the social construction of experiences we unthinkingly regard as universal and through that builds a path to one’s own social unconscious. The Internet unconscious contains an illusionary belief that ultimate freedom of speech is achieved in Cyberspace and that forum members always show respect and tolerance to different opinions. Cyberspace psychological vulnerabilities heighten because of the illusion of intimacy and due to the fact that one’s voice can disappear in the void.
