An empirical study of notifications’ importance for online social network users

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Bouraga ◽  
Ivan Jureta ◽  
Stéphane Faulkner
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Online Social Network

scholarly journals Defining Inspection Techniques for Detecting Privacy Problems in Online Social Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Andrey  Rodrigues ◽  
Natasha  M. C. Valentim ◽  
Eduardo  Feitosa
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Effective Alternative ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Inspection Techniques

In the last few years, Online Social Networks (OSN) have experienced growth in the number of users, becoming an increasingly embedded part of people’s daily lives. Privacy expectations of OSNs are higher as more members start realizing potential privacy problems they face by interacting with these systems. Inspection methods can be an effective alternative for addressing privacy problems because they detect possible defects that could be causing the system to behave in an undesirable way. Therefore, we proposed a set of privacy inspection techniques called PIT-OSN (Privacy Inspection Techniques for Online Social Network). This paper presents the description and evolution of PIT-OSN through the results of a preliminary empirical study. We discuss the quantitative and qualitative results and their impact on improving the techniques. Results indicate that our techniques assist non-expert inspectors uncover privacy problems effectively, and are considered easy to use and useful by the study participants. Finally, the qualitative analysis helped us improve some technique steps that might be unclear.

An Empirical Study of a Chinese Online Social Network--Renren

Computer ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 78-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianwei Niu ◽  
Jing Peng ◽  
Lei Shu ◽  
Chao Tong ◽  
Wanjiun Liao
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Online Social Network

Characteristic analysis of information propagation pattern in online social network

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia HAN ◽  
Ruliang XIAO ◽  
Yao HU ◽  
Tao TANG ◽  
Lina FANG
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Information Propagation ◽  
Characteristic Analysis ◽  
Propagation Pattern

Facebooking Alone? Millennials’ Use of Social Network Sites and Volunteering

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-joo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Network Site ◽  
Facebook Use ◽  
Mixed Messages

The younger generation’s widespread use of online social network sites has raised concerns and debates about social network sites’ influence on this generation’s civic engagement, whether these sites undermine or promote prosocial behaviors. This study empirically examines how millennials’ social network site usage relates to volunteering, using the 2013 data of the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study. The findings reveal a positive association between a moderate level of Facebook use and volunteering, although heavy users are not more likely to volunteer than nonusers. This bell-shaped relationship between Facebook use and volunteering contrasts with the direct correlation between participation in off-line associational activities and volunteering. Overall, the findings suggest that it is natural to get mixed messages about social network sites’ impacts on civic engagement, and these platforms can be useful tools for getting the word out and recruiting episodic volunteers.

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