scholarly journals Interactions between Culture, Regulatory Structure, and Information Privacy across countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Information Privacy Concerns ◽  
Country Culture ◽  
Media Applications

We analyze the relationships between country culture and country regulatory structure pertaining to information privacy concerns (IPC) in the context of social media applications. Drawing on prior research we develop a framework that integrates country culture and country regulatory structure and use it as the basis for a study that contrasts samples of 1086 professionals drawn from four countries – United States, United Kingdoms, India and Hong Kong – to assess effects of national culture and of a nation’s regulatory structure on IPC, attitudinal beliefs about information privacy and professionals’ behavioral reactions to IPC. We find that country culture has a strong bearing on explaining differences in individuals’ IPC concerns, attitudinal beliefs about privacy, and behavioral reactions to privacy much more than does country regulatory structure. Country culture remains a significant factor in the management of information privacy. The results also show that country regulatory structure remains deficient in allaying individuals’ concerns pertaining to information privacy.

scholarly journals Interactions Between Culture, Regulatory Structure, and Information Privacy Across Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Peter Meso ◽  
Solomon Negash ◽  
Philip F. Musa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Information Privacy Concerns ◽  
Country Culture ◽  
Media Applications

We analyze the relationships between country culture and country regulatory structure pertaining to information privacy concerns (IPC) in the context of social media applications. Drawing on prior research we develop a framework that integrates country culture and country regulatory structure and use it as the basis for a study that contrasts samples of 1086 professionals drawn from four countries – United States, United Kingdoms, India and Hong Kong – to assess effects of national culture and of a nation’s regulatory structure on IPC, attitudinal beliefs about information privacy and professionals’ behavioral reactions to IPC. We find that country culture has a strong bearing on explaining differences in individuals’ IPC concerns, attitudinal beliefs about privacy, and behavioral reactions to privacy much more than does country regulatory structure. Country culture remains a significant factor in the management of information privacy. The results also show that country regulatory structure remains deficient in allaying individuals’ concerns pertaining to information privacy.

scholarly journals Does Cultural Difference Matter on Social Media? An Examination of the Ethical Culture and Information Privacy Concerns

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8286
Author(s):  
Sangmi Chai
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Ethical Culture ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Information Privacy Concerns ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

While social media has become a very popular tool for sharing information and news worldwide, the ethical culture of the users emerged as a significant issue in cyber space. This research investigates the role of perceived ethical culture and information privacy concerns on social media behaviors. More importantly, this study investigates the role of cultural difference in the relationship among those factors. Based on the study results of U.S. and Korean social media users, this study found ethical culture to be positively associated and information privacy concerns negatively associated with users’ information-sharing behavior on social media. In addition, the study results indicated that the size of the impact of the two facts are varied between the two countries. This study’s results direct that users’ perceived ethical culture and privacy concerns are important factors affecting social media users’ information sharing. However, these factors could have a different impact with cultural differences.

scholarly journals Information Privacy Concerns Among Instagram Users: The Case of Indonesian College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Eko Wahyu Tyas Darmaningrat ◽  
Hanim Maria Astuti ◽  
Fadhila Alfi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Risk Awareness ◽  
User Privacy ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Information Privacy Concerns ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: Teenagers in Indonesia have an open nature and satisfy their desire to exist by uploading photos or videos and writing posts on Instagram. The habit of uploading photos, videos, or writings containing their personal information can be dangerous and potentially cause user privacy problems. Several criminal cases caused by information misuse have occurred in Indonesia.Objective: This paper investigates information privacy concerns among Instagram users in Indonesia, more specifically amongst college students, the largest user group of Instagram in Indonesia.Methods: This study referred to the Internet Users' Information Privacy Concerns (IUIPC) method by collecting data through the distribution of online questionnaires and analyzed the data by using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM).Results: The research finding showed that even though students are mindful of the potential danger of information misuse in Instagram, it does not affect their intention to use Instagram. Other factors that influence Indonesian college students' trust are Instagram's reputation, the number of users who use Instagram, the ease of using Instagram, the skills and knowledge of Indonesian students about Instagram, and the privacy settings that Instagram has.Conclusion: The awareness and concern of Indonesian college students for information privacy will significantly influence the increased risk awareness of information privacy. However, the increase in risk awareness does not directly affect Indonesian college students' behavior to post their private information on Instagram.

Impact of General Social Media Experience on Usefulness for Business in the Workplace

2014 ◽  
pp. 14-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Amoroso ◽  
Tsuneki Mukahi ◽  
Mikako Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Experience ◽  
Behavioral Intention To Use ◽  
Media Applications

This chapter looks at the adoption of general social media applications on usefulness for business, comparing the factors that influence adoption at work between Japan and the United States. In Japan, ease of use and usefulness for collective knowledge in general social media are predictors of usefulness for business social media, and in the United States, only usefulness for collective knowledge is a strong predictor of usefulness for business. The authors did not find behavioral intention to use social media in the workplace to be an important factor in predicting the usefulness of social media for business. The value of this research is its ability to understand the use of social media in the workplace to include how the experience of social media impacts on the expectation of usefulness for business and how the impact of ease of use differs from Japanese to the United States because of cultural, technological, and market reasons.

Social Media in Tertiary Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ann M. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Constant State ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Applications

Social media use is prevalent throughout the world and is now commonplace in higher education. The devices, support technologies, and social media applications used in higher education are in a constant state of change. Using social media in education creates new and sometimes challenging issues for institutions, instructors, and students. This chapter attempts to address some of the considerations and potential issues that impact our use of social media in the higher education classroom. It examines social media as an educational tool in higher education, possible pedagogies for social media use, potential educational contexts, and privacy concerns raised by social media use in educational environments. This chapter also provides a possible definition for social media and introduces some themes that will be explored in further detail in the following chapters.

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