Internet Privacy Concerns versus Behavior

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Sousa ◽  
Laurie E. MacDonald ◽  
Kenneth T. Fougere
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Threat Assessment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Versus Behavior

This study examines the possible disconnect between student concerns about privacy when using the Internet and their behavior. The literature indicates that Internet users are concerned about privacy but their web-browsing habits consistently put their privacy at risk. Browsing habits were examined using five factors: (1) privacy concerns, (2) self-efficacy, (3) risk assessment, (4) threat assessment, and (5) privacy involvement. These factors were analyzed for their relationship to privacy behavior. A survey questionnaire was developed and administered to a sample drawn from university students.

Internet Users' Privacy Concerns and Beliefs About Government Surveillance

2010 ◽  
pp. 229-257
Author(s):  
Tamara Dinev ◽  
Massimo Bellotto ◽  
Paul Hart ◽  
Vincenzo Russo ◽  
Ilaria Serra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Relative Magnitude ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Government Surveillance

The study examines differences in individual’s privacy concerns and beliefs about government surveillance in Italy and the United States. By incorporating aspects of multiple cultural theories, we argue that for both countries, the user’s decision to conduct e-commerce transactions on the Internet is influenced by privacy concerns, perceived need for government surveillance that would secure the Internet environment from fraud, crime and terrorism, and balancing concerns about government intrusion. An empirical model was tested using LISREL structural equation modeling and multigroup analysis. The results support the hypotheses with regard to direction and relative magnitude of the relationships. Italians exhibit lower Internet privacy concerns than individuals in the U.S., lower perceived need for government surveillance, and higher concerns about government intrusion. The relationships among the model constructs are also different across the two countries. Implications of the findings and directions for future work are discussed.

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Internet Usage Among University Students: A Study of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (34) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Akram Hossain ◽  
Md. Habibur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Versatile Tool ◽  
The University ◽  
The Comparative Study

Internet is a versatile tool used by the students that draws attention of many researchers. But little research has been found regarding the comparative study of internet usage among university students. For this reason, the study surveyed the internet usage among university students coming from Business Studies, Science & Arts disciplines at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and the overall perceptions towards the internet usage. So we developed a survey questionnaire and collected data on students’ demographics, internet usage behavior and purposes of internet use. Therefore, we distributed 50 questionnaires to each discipline and a total of 150 questionnaires were returned and all were usable. Then we analyzed the obtained data using SPSS. The results show that the percentage of internet usage among the students coming from Business Studies, Science and Arts disciplines is 100%, 92% and 90% respectively. The study recommends that the students coming from Science and Arts background should enhance the internet usage. And the students from all backgrounds should enhance the frequency of internet access per day and invest more on internet usage. The study also recommends that the universities should provide adequate internet facilities and enabling environment for student. This study provides a theoretical and empirical basis for further studies on internet usage of university students.

scholarly journals Taiwanese university students’ smartphone use and the privacy paradox

Comunicar ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (60) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Yi-Ning Katherine-Chen ◽  
Chia-Ho Ryan-Wen
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Privacy Management ◽  
Privacy Concern ◽  
Wireless Internet ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Privacy Paradox ◽  
Protective Behaviours

With the prevalence of smart devices and wireless Internet, privacy has become a pivotal matter in governmental, academic, and technological fields. Our study aims to understand Taiwanese university students’ privacy concerns and protective behaviours in relation to online targeting ads and their habitual smartphone usage. Surveying 810 valid subjects, our results first propose that ad relevance has direct bearing on attention to ads. Second, ad relevance inversely correlates with privacy concerns (i.e. descending personal control and surging corporate power) and protective behaviours (self-filtering and ad evasion). Third and finally, neither privacy concerns nor protective behaviours have a negative bearing on habitual smartphone usage. Opposite to previous research, our study concludes that Taiwanese college students exhibit zero privacy paradox, owing to no signs of privacy concern incited by mobile targeting ads, no evidence of significant protective behaviours, and no decreasing habitual smartphone usage out of privacy concern and protection. Our findings indicate Taiwanese university students’ shaky awareness of potential risks and crises from exposure to vulnerable online privacy management. To deal with this, we suggest educating youths’ understandings of digital jeopardy by experts is urgently needed more so than just technical tutorials of privacy settings. Con la prevalencia de dispositivos inteligentes e Internet inalámbrico, la privacidad se ha convertido en un tema esencial en materias gubernamentales, académicas y tecnológicas. Nuestro estudio se dedica específicamente a entender las preocupaciones de los estudiantes universitarios taiwaneses en privacidad y comportamientos protectores en relación con la publicidad online y el uso habitual de teléfonos inteligentes. Con 810 muestras válidas encuestadas, nuestros resultados revelan que: 1) La relevancia de la publicidad tiene un efecto directo en su atención; 2) Está asociada inversamente a las preocupaciones de privacidad (por ejemplo, control personal descendiente y poder corporativo ascendiente) y comportamientos protectores (evasión de anuncios y autocensura); 3) La preocupación por ña privacidad ni los comportamientos protectores tuvieron efecto negativo en el uso habitual de los smartphones. Nuestro estudio concluye que no hay paradojas de la privacidad halladas en estos jóvenes taiwaneses debido a cambios en su preocupación por la privacidad, generada por la publicidad personalizada en su móvil. Ello evidencia un cambio significativo en los comportamientos protectores. En suma, estos universitarios taiwaneses tienen una débil apreciación de los riesgos potenciales y crisis a los que una vulnerable gestión de la privacidad online les podría exponer. Para abordarlo, una educación que cultive la comprensión de los peligros digitales para los jóvenes es muy recomendable y requiere urgentemente tutoriales técnicos sobre privacidad.

Exploring the use of internet by university students for seeking health related information

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asad Ahmad ◽  
Mohammed Naved Khan ◽  
Obaidur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Tam Model ◽  
Health Related ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Use Of Internet

Purpose Internet is both a medium and a platform for information exchange. This characteristic of internet is gradually metamorphosing it into an e-learning enabler. A significant percentage of internet users access health-related information through the medium of internet, but little is known about the factors that determine such behaviour. This study aims to explore the factors that determine the behaviour of those seeking health-related information in the virtual world. Design/methodology/approach The present study analyses the role of perceived ease of usefulness (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU), self-efficacy (SE) and information quality (IQ) on the intention (IU) of the internet users to seek health-related information. Researcher-controlled sampling was used for data collection from 210 university students. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), t-test and correlation have been used for data analysis. Findings The results of the study demonstrate that except SE, all other factors have a positive relationship with the intention of the users to seek health-related information. The findings suggest that PU and IQ overshadow PEOU in encouraging the users seeking such health-related information over the internet. Originality/value The present study extends the understanding of e-learning adoption associated with seeking health-related information. The researchers propose an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) model to study the factors influencing the use of internet in seeking health-related information by the students enrolled in medical and non-medical courses.

scholarly journals Citizens’ Online Surveillance Concerns in Croatia

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-361
Author(s):  
Jelena Budak ◽  
Edo Rajh
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Trust In Institutions ◽  
The Government

This paper explores citizens’ privacy concerns and online surveillance perceptions by using the survey data of 2,060 internet users in Croatia. Respondents can be categorised into two groups with significant differences in their perceptions of online surveillance, quality of regulation, trust in institutions, and trust in other people. The more online-privacy concerned group consists of on average less educated, older people, who spend less time online. Also, there are more females in this cluster. The main finding is that internet users who are very concerned about online surveillance tend to have limited trust in both the government and other people and limited faith in the ability of regulation to protect them. More concerned people tend to adopt countersurveillance strategies such as providing false data on the internet.

Online Privacy and Marketing

2009 ◽  
pp. 256-268
Author(s):  
Betty J. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Marketing To Children ◽  
Privacy Issues

Marketing practices have always presented challenges for consumers seeking to protect their privacy. This chapter discusses the ways in which the Internet as a marketing medium introduces additional privacy concerns. Current privacy issues include the use of spyware and cookies, word-of-mouth marketing, online marketing to children, and the use of social networks. Related privacy practices, concerns, and recommendations are presented from the perspectives of Internet users, marketers, and government agencies. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the ways in which consumers’ privacy concerns, as they apply to Internet marketing, would benefit from additional research.

Standards of use and search for information on Internet addiction / Patrones de uso y búsqueda de información sobre adicciones en Internet

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mª del Carmen Segura Díez ◽  
José A. García del Castillo ◽  
Carmen López-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Information Search ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Search For Information

Este trabajo expone los resultados de un estudio piloto, que tiene como objetivos el análisis de las páginas web de ámbito nacional que ofrecen información sobre adicciones y por otro lado, el estudio de los patrones de uso de estas páginas, por parte de los internautas a través del cuestionario INDEXA. Se han analizado hasta el momento 203 recursos web españoles en materia de adicciones y se ha encuestado a 394 sujetos (pertenecientes a población universitaria) sobre sus hábitos en el uso de Internet como fuente de información sobre adicciones. Los resultados indican que la mayor parte de recursos web en adicciones pertenecen al ámbito asociativo (33%), con un enfoque centrado en el tratamiento (22%) y un abordaje generalista cuando se trata de ofrecer información sobre sustancias adictivas o adicciones. Las sustancias más tratadas en los contenidos de las webs son el tabaco (41%) y el alcohol (38%). Los resultados del cuestionario INDEXA muestran que el 84% de los internautas encuestados se consideraban bien informados sobre adicciones y el 64% había buscado o recibido información sobre el tema en el último año. El nivel de satisfacción con las webs sobre adicciones es bueno (67%) y sus consultas se centran en la búsqueda de información sobre una sustancia en concreto, que suele ser el alcohol (15%) seguido a más distancia del cannabis (13,18%) y el tabaco (11%).  Abstract This paper shows the results of a pilot study on the analysis of web pages in Spain containing information about addictions. We also analyze in which ways internet users utilize such pages through the test INDEXA. We have analyzed, so far, 203 Spanish web resources on addictions and surveyed 294 university students about their usage of the Internet for informational purposes on addictions. Results indicate that the most part of web resources in addictions belong to associations (33%), with an approach centered in the treatment (22%) and a general approach when one is to offer information on addictive substances or addictions. The most mentioned substances in the contents of websites are the tobacco (41%) and the alcohol (38%). Results of the questionnaire INDEXA show that 84% of internet users were considered well informed on addictions and 64% had looked for or received information on the topic in the latest year. The level of satisfaction with websites on addictions is good (67%) their questions concentrate in the information search on a substance in particular, that usually is the alcohol (15%) followed more distance of the cannabis (13.18%) and the tobacco (11%).

Societal Safety and Preservation in the Digital Era

2020 ◽  
pp. 732-748
Author(s):  
Dylas Gudoshava
Keyword(s):  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Privacy Threats ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
E Mail

This article is a presentation of a study dealing with internet privacy. It also includes an investigation of internet privacy threats. These include but are not limited to personal information being sold to third parties without permission, visits to websites secretly tracked, credit card theft, e-mail addresses and other personal information captured for marketing or other purposes without permission, as well as pop ups. All of these are one of many consequences of bad privacy protection. The article will also examine the differences between the developed and the developing countries' internet utilisation on issues to do with fundamental privacy protection. Different methods will be used to complete this article, and these include studies of related literature and articles. Privacy violations on the internet are a significant problem, and the internet users have a right to an adequate privacy protection.

scholarly journals Analisa Pemanfaatan Dan Peran Software Open-source Bagi Mahasiswa Universitas Abdurrab

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Salamun Salamun ◽  
Sukri Sukri
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Software Application ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Software Code

Abstract. Analysis of Software Utilization and the Role of Open-source for Abdurrab University Students. Open-source software can be acquired by downloading it for free from the internet, where the software code is published to the public or internet users. Generally, people will fix the software weaknesses and modify its display or language. Then, the repaired software is uploaded and published back to the internet. At the same time, other people will also download this open-source software application and fix other flaws. The purpose of this study was to determine the benefits and roles of open-source software for Abdurrab University students. The results of this study indicate an increase in student interest in using open-source applications and the influence, utilization, and role of open-source software for Abdurrab University students. The conclusion in this study is that open-source software still plays an important role for students because it is very helpful in various aspects to support learning.Keywords: Internet, Software, University of Abdurrab, open-sourceAbstrak.Open-source software dapat dimiliki dengan cara mengunduh secara gratis dari internet, yang mana kode software dipublikasikan ke publik atau pengguna internet. Umumnya, orang akan memperbaiki kelemahan-kelemahan software tersebut dan memodifikasi tampilan atau bahasanya. Lalu, software yang diperbaiki tersebut diunggah dan dipublikasikan kembali ke internet. Pada saat yang sama, orang lain juga akan mengunduh aplikasi software open-source ini dan memperbaiki kelemahan-kelemahan lain. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui manfaat dan peran open-source software bagi mahasiswa Universitas Abdurrab. Hasil penelitian ini memperlihatkan adanya peningkatan minat mahasiswa dalam menggunakan aplikasi open-source dan pengaruh, pemanfaatan, serta peran software open-source bagi mahasiswa Universitas Abdurrab. Kesimpulan pada penelitian ini ialah open-source software masih berperan penting bagi mahasiswa karena sangat membantu dalam berbagai aspek untuk mendukung pembelajaran.Kata Kunci: Internet, Software, Universitas Abdurrab, open-source

The Effect of Suicide-Related Internet Use on Users’ Mental Health

Crisis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 348-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Sueki
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Internet Users

Background: Previous studies have shown that suicide-related Internet use can have both negative and positive psychological effects. Aims: This study examined the effect of suicide-related Internet use on users’ suicidal ideation, depression/anxiety tendency, and loneliness. Method: A two-wave panel study of 850 Internet users was conducted via the Internet. Results: Suicide-related Internet use (e.g., browsing websites about suicide methods) had negative effects on suicidal ideation and depression/anxiety tendency. No forms of suicide-related Internet use, even those that would generally be considered positive, were found to decrease users’ suicidal ideation. In addition, our results suggest that the greater the suicidal ideation and feelings of depression and loneliness of Internet users, the more they used the Internet. Conclusion: Since suicide-related Internet use can adversely influence the mental health of young adults, it is necessary to take measures to reduce their exposure to such information.

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