scholarly journals Understanding the Key Antecedents of Users’ Disclosing Behaviors on Social Networking Sites: The Privacy Paradox

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5163
Author(s):  
Byoungsoo Kim ◽  
Daekil Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Privacy Calculus ◽  
Privacy Paradox

This study explored the formation mechanisms of users’ disclosing behaviors from the perspectives of the privacy paradox. The theoretical framework incorporates perceived control over personal information and subjective norms into the privacy calculus model. The proposed theoretical framework was empirically tested using survey data collected from 350 Facebook users. The findings show that users’ intention to disclose personal information has a marginally significant effect on users’ disclosing behaviors. The analysis results reveal that privacy concerns negatively affect the intention to disclose personal information while they are not significantly related to users’ disclosing behaviors. This study found that perceived control over personal information plays a significant role in enhancing trust in social network site (SNS) providers, users’ intention to disclose personal information, and users’ disclosing behaviors. Moreover, perceived control over personal information mitigates the level of privacy concerns. Several implications for research and practice are described.

scholarly journals Avoiding the Privacy Paradox Using Preference-Based Segmentation: A Conjoint Analysis Approach

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1382
Author(s):  
Marija Kuzmanovic ◽  
Gordana Savic
Keyword(s):  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Privacy Paradox ◽  
And Behavior

Personal privacy on online social networks (OSN) is becoming increasingly important. The collection and misuse of personal information can affect people’s behavior and can have a broader impact on civil society. The aim of this paper is to explore the privacy paradox phenomenon on OSNs that is reflected in the gap between OSN users’ privacy concerns and behavior and to introduce a new segmentation framework based on preference data from conjoint analysis. For the purpose of the study, an online survey on four dimensions of OSNs has been conducted. Conjoint analysis has been employed on collected data to reveal users’ preferences, followed by two-step cluster analysis for the preference-based segmentation. The characteristics of the resulting clusters were compared with self-reported behavior and privacy concerns, as well as the results of the Westin Privacy Segmentation approach. The results suggest that conjoint analysis can improve users’ segmentation and consequently provide better solutions for avoiding the gap between users’ concerns, attitudes, and behavior.

scholarly journals Measuring individuals’ concerns over collective privacy on social networking sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyan Jia ◽  
Heng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Starting Point

With the rise of social networking sites (SNSs), individuals not only disclose personal information but also share private information concerning others online. While shared information is co-constructed by self and others, personal and collective privacy boundaries become blurred. Thus there is an increasing concern over information privacy beyond the individual perspective. However, limited research has empirically examined if individuals are concerned about privacy loss not only of their own but their social ties’; nor is there an established instrument for measuring the collective aspect of individuals’ privacy concerns. In order to address this gap in existing literature, we propose a conceptual framework of individuals’ collective privacy concerns in the context of SNSs. Drawing on the Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory (Petronio, 2002), we suggest three dimensions of collective privacy concerns, namely, collective information access, control and diffusion. This is followed by the development and empirical validation of a preliminary scale of SNS collective privacy concerns (SNSCPC). Structural model analyses confirm the three-dimensional conceptualization of SNSCPC and reveal antecedents of SNS users’ concerns over violations of the collective privacy boundaries. This paper serves as a starting point for theorizing privacy as a collective notion and for understanding online information disclosure as a result of social interaction and group influence.

scholarly journals A longitudinal analysis of the privacy paradox

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110163
Author(s):  
Tobias Dienlin ◽  
Philipp K Masur ◽  
Sabine Trepte
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
German Population ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
Privacy Paradox

The privacy paradox states that people’s concerns about online privacy are unrelated to their online sharing of personal information. On the basis of a representative sample of the German population, which includes 1,403 respondents interviewed at three waves separated by 6 months, we investigate the privacy paradox from a longitudinal perspective. Using a cross-lagged panel model with random intercepts, we differentiate between-person relations from within-person effects. Results revealed that people who were more concerned about their online privacy than others also shared slightly less personal information and had substantially more negative attitudes toward information sharing (between-person level). People who were more concerned than usual also shared slightly less information than usual (within-person level). We found no long-term effects of privacy concerns on information sharing or attitudes 6 months later. The results provide further evidence against the privacy paradox, but more research is needed to better understand potential causal relations.

scholarly journals Privacy concerns can stress you out: Investigating the reciprocal relationship between mobile social media privacy concerns and perceived stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Stevic ◽  
Desirée Schmuck ◽  
Anna Koemets ◽  
Melanie Hirsch ◽  
Kathrin Karsay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Calculus ◽  
Privacy Risks

Abstract Mobile social media have become a widespread means to participate in everyday social and professional life. These platforms encourage the disclosure and exchange of personal information, which comes with privacy risks. While past scholarship has listed various predictors and consequences of online privacy concerns, there has been to date no empirical investigation of a conceivable relationship with perceived stress. Using a longitudinal panel study, we examined the reciprocal relationship between mobile social media privacy concerns and perceived stress. Results supported the hypothesis that mobile social media privacy concerns at T1 are associated with higher perceived stress at T2. However, we found no evidence for the reverse association, that is, perceived stress at T1 was not related to mobile social media privacy concerns at T2. The findings are discussed based on two models—the “Antecedents privacy concerns outcomes” model and the “Privacy calculus” model.

scholarly journals Examining Self-Disclosure on Social Networking Sites: A Flow Theory and Privacy Perspective

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aseda Mensah ◽  
George Oppong Appiagyei Ampong ◽  
Adolph Sedem Yaw Adu ◽  
John Agyekum Addae ◽  
Osaretin Kayode Omoregie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Disclosure

Social media and other web 2.0 tools have provided users the platform to interact and also disclose personal information not only with their friends and acquaintances, but also with relative strangers with unprecedented ease. This has enhanced the ability of people to share more about themselves, their families, and their friends through a variety of media including text, photo, and video, thus developing and sustaining social and business relationships. The purpose of the paper is to identify the factors that predict self-disclosure on social networking sites within the Ghanaian context. Data was collected from 452 students in three leading universities in Ghana and analyzed with Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling. Results from the study revealed that all variables in the proposed model with the exception of interaction and perceived control were significant predictors of self-disclosure with privacy risk being the most significant predictor. In all, the model accounted for 54.6 percent of the variance in self disclosure. The implications and limitations of the current study are discussed and directions for future research proposed.

scholarly journals Trusting Your Bank in a Digitally Connected  World: An Investigation into Perceptions of  Privacy by Bank Customers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Shivonne Londt
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Privacy Violation ◽  
Lending Decisions ◽  
Corporate Social

<p>People are placing more of their personal information online as the use of online social networking sites (OSNs) grows. Individuals often lack an awareness around the privacy implications of placing their personal information on these sites but still have an expectation of privacy about this information that may not entirely be justified. OSN data is often used for purposes other than those for which it was provided, but customer demand for ethical and compassionate use of their data is growing. Customers expect greater corporate social responsibility from companies, and especially banks, after the recent global financial crisis. Customers may perceive the use of OSN data by New Zealand banks to influence their lending decisions as a privacy violation. This study is intended to evaluate whether this use of OSN data would be perceived by customers to be a violation of their privacy. The research was carried out through a web-based survey and follow-up interviews with selected respondents. It was found that the less aware that respondents were about OSN privacy policies, the greater their expectation of privacy. The research also highlighted that even respondents who did not expect their data to remain private still had an expectation of privacy. A lack of perceived control was found to be associated with a greater expectation of a privacy invasion. Trust in respondents' banks was associated with a negative perception of those banks' use of OSN data for lending decisions. This study has revealed a high likelihood that a perception of betrayal coupled with a perceived privacy violation would take place should New Zealand Banks use OSN data in this manner.</p>

Laziness as an explanation for the privacy paradox: a longitudinal empirical investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Wirth ◽  
Christian Maier ◽  
Sven Laumer ◽  
Tim Weitzel
Keyword(s):  
Private Information ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Paradox

Purpose“Smart devices think you're “too lazy” to opt out of privacy defaults” was the headline of a recent news report indicating that individuals might be too lazy to stop disclosing their private information and therefore to protect their information privacy. In current privacy research, privacy concerns and self-disclosure are central constructs regarding protecting privacy. One might assume that being concerned about protecting privacy would lead individuals to disclose less personal information. However, past research has shown that individuals continue to disclose personal information despite high privacy concerns, which is commonly referred to as the privacy paradox. This study introduces laziness as a personality trait in the privacy context, asking to what degree individual laziness influences privacy issues.Design/methodology/approachAfter conceptualizing, defining and operationalizing laziness, the authors analyzed information collected in a longitudinal empirical study and evaluated the results through structural equation modeling.FindingsThe findings show that the privacy paradox holds true, yet the level of laziness influences it. In particular, the privacy paradox applies to very lazy individuals but not to less lazy individuals.Research limitations/implicationsWith these results one can better explain the privacy paradox and self-disclosure behavior.Practical implicationsThe state might want to introduce laws that not only bring organizations to handle information in a private manner but also make it as easy as possible for individuals to protect their privacy.Originality/valueBased on a literature review, a clear research gap has been identified, filled by this research study.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Analysis of the Privacy Paradox

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Dienlin ◽  
Philipp K. Masur ◽  
Sabine Trepte
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
German Population ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
Privacy Paradox

The privacy paradox states that people’s concerns about online privacy are unrelated to their online sharing of personal information. On the basis of a representative sample of the German population, which includes 1403 respondents who were interviewed at three waves separated by 6 months, we investigate the privacy paradox from a longitudinal perspective. Using a cross-lagged panel model with random intercepts, we differentiate between-person relations from within-person effects. Results revealed that people who were more concerned about their online privacy than others also shared slightly less personal information and had substantially more negative attitudes toward information sharing (between-person level). People who were more concerned than usual also shared slightly less information than usual (within-person level). We found no long-term effects of privacy concerns on information sharing or attitudes 6 months later. The results provide further evidence against the privacy paradox, but more research is needed to better understand the variables’ potential causal relations.

scholarly journals The ‘Privacy Paradox’ Investigation among the African American College Students: Privacy Concerns and Self-Disclosure on the Social Network Sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Yanjun Yu
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Social Network ◽  
College Student ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Privacy Risk ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Paradox

<div><p><em>This article examines the current status of privacy risk concern on Social Network Sites (SNS) among African American college students in a HBCU college in the United States. It also investigates the gender difference on this issue. The research focuses on the ‘privacy paradox’ phenomenon on SNS, in other words, how SNS users’ privacy risk concern associates with their self-disclosure activity. The research findings are interesting and confirm the ‘privacy paradox’ phenomenon among the less studied African American college student community. The results show although the participants of the study fear something unpleasant can happen to them due to their presence on SNS and realize it is risky to publish their personal information on SNS, they still do some self-disclosure activities such as post photos and status. When they see the threat to their privacy due to their presence on SNS, they still post their status and videos on SNS. When they feel unsafe to publish their personal information on SNS, they still post photos and videos on SNS. Gender only significantly affect the post photo self-disclosure activity on SNS. The research contributes to the academia by investigating privacy concerns on the rarely studied minority community i.e., African American college student body. The study can provide tips for the privacy policy practitioners when they make or modify their privacy policies. </em></p></div>

Lurkers, creepers, and virtuous interactivity: From property rights to consent and care as a conceptual basis for privacy concerns and information ethics

First Monday ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Eric Wittkower
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Feminist Ethics ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Data Ownership ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Informational Economy

Exchange of personal information online is usually conceptualized according to an economic model that treats personal information as data owned by the persons these data are ‘about.’ This leads to a distinct set of concerns having to do with data ownership, data mining, profits, and exploitation, which do not closely correspond to the concerns about privacy that people actually have. A post-phenomenological perspective, oriented by feminist ethics of care, urges us to figure out how privacy concerns arrive in fundamentally human contexts and to speak to that, rather than trying to convince people to care about privacy as it is juridically conceived and articulated. By considering exchanges of personal information in a human-to-human online informational economy — being friends on social networking sites — we can identify an alternate set of concerns: consent, respect, lurking, and creepiness. I argue that these concerns will provide a better guide to both users and companies about prudence and ethics in information economies than the existing discourse around ‘privacy.’

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