An Empirical Investigation on Internet Privacy on Social Network Sites among Malaysian Youths

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Norsaremah Salleh ◽  
Ramlah Hussein ◽  
Norshidah Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

People have been using Social Network Sites (SNS) to communicate and make friends online. Although SNS offer many benefits to users, information privacy seems to be overlooked. Based on the Protection Motivation Theory, this study investigated the factors that might influence youths to disclose information about themselves on the SNS. Four factors were investigated to determine whether there are significant relationships between them and information disclosure. The factors were perceived vulnerability, perceived severity, perceived benefits and self-efficacy. A self-administered questionnaire was developed to capture useful information pertaining to the subject matter. Using university students as sample, five hundred questionnaires were distributed and four hundred and eighty six were collected for further analysis. The results revealed that perceived vulnerability, perceived benefits and self-efficacy were significantly related to information disclosure, while perceived severity was not significantly related.

Tweet, share, like? De rol van sociaalnetwerksites van sportverenigingen bij de ontwikkeling van het clubgevoel van leden

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanny Kuijsters-Timmers ◽  
John Goedee ◽  
Roger Leenders
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Practical Implications

Tweet, share, like? The role of social network sites at voluntary sports clubs in developing membership involvement The number of organizations that use social network sites (SNSs) for internal communication is growing rapidly. However, little is known about the use and perceptions of SNSs in member organizations, such as voluntary sports clubs (VSCs). In a survey, members of the Dutch VSCs (n = 129) were asked about their use and perceptions of their clubs’ social network sites (ClubSNSs) and aspects of involvement with their club. Foremost, ClubSNSs are characterized as informative, interactive, and entertaining channels, as indicated by significant relationships with the content types on ClubSNSs. Furthermore, content about sports, the club, and the members are important. Finally, ClubSNSs contribute to membership involvement through the identification of members with their sports club. The main contributions of this study are the insights into the use and perceptions of SNSs in member organizations, such as VSCs. Practical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Awareness of Indirect Information Disclosure on Social Network Sites

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630511882419
Author(s):  
Ali Padyab ◽  
Tero Päivärinta ◽  
Anna Ståhlbröst ◽  
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
General Introduction ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
User Attitudes ◽  
Cognitive Awareness ◽  
Indirect Information

This research investigates user awareness and attitudes toward potential inferences of information posted on social network sites (SNSs). The study reports how user attitudes change after exposure to inferences made based upon information they have disclosed on an SNS, namely, on Facebook. To demonstrate this, two sub-studies involving three focus group sessions were conducted with Facebook users. In the first sub-study, the users received a general introduction to information that can be inferred from posts by using a prototypical privacy-enhancement tool called DataBait. Then, the second sub-study allowed the users to witness the potential inferences of their own Facebook photos and posts by using the DataBait tool. Next, qualitative content analysis was conducted to analyze the results, and these showed that the participants’ attitudes toward privacy on SNSs changed from affective to cognitive when they became aware of potential inferences from actual information posted on their own Facebook accounts. The results imply that end users require more cognitive awareness regarding their genres of disclosure and the effect of their disclosures on their privacy. Moreover, as privacy awareness is contextual, there is a need for more research and development of online tools that will allow users to manage and educate themselves.

Information privacy disclosure on social network sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Li ◽  
Xiaowen Wang ◽  
Kunrong Li ◽  
Jianguo Che
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Risks ◽  
Personal Innovativeness ◽  
Research Fields

Purpose As social network sites (SNS) have increasingly become one of the most important channels for communication, the related privacy issues gain more and more attention in both industry and academic research fields. This study aims to connect the antecedents of information privacy disclosure on SNS. Design/methodology/approach Based on exchange theory, this study tries to investigate the decision-making process for information privacy disclosure on SNS. Factors from both user’s and website’s perspectives are taken into account in the proposed model. Findings The results suggest that an individual’s perceived benefits will increase their willingness to disclose information privacy on SNS, but perceived risks decrease this kind of willingness. The authors also find social network size, personal innovativeness and incentive provision positively affect people’s perceived benefits. Originality/value Moreover, privacy invasion experience enhances perceived personal risks, but website reputation helps to reduce perceived risks.

scholarly journals Health Belief Associated with Adherence to Health Protocol in Preventing Coronavirus Diseases on Patients’ Family

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (B) ◽  
pp. 1011-1015
Author(s):  
Riza Fikriana ◽  
Frastiqa Fahrany ◽  
Syahril Ali Rusli
Keyword(s):  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Susceptibility ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Perceived Severity

BACKGROUND: Adherence with health protocols during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is very important to prevent transmission. However, it is obtained that adherence with health protocols is still not optimal. The hospital environment is an area that is at high risk of transmission. AIM: The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between health belief and adherence with the health protocol in the patient’s family. METHODS: Quantitative research is correlated with a cross-sectional approach. The sample is the family of patients at the hospital, which was taken with simple random sampling technique as many as 100 people. Research variables include perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barrier, self-efficacy, and adherence with health protocols. Data collection was using questionnaire instruments. Data analysis was using Fisher test with a significance level of 95%. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Fisher’s test results obtained data that there is a relationship between health belief in the dimensions of perceived susceptibility (p = 0.007), perceived severity (p = 0.027), perceived benefits (p = 0.003), perceived barriers (p = 0.021), and self-efficacy (p = 0.002) with adherence with health protocols in an effort to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The patient’s family will be willing to implement health protocols if they have a high health belief in efforts to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. This health belief includes the belief that COVID-19 disease is easily contagious and serious; adherence will provide benefits for health. CONCLUSION: Health beliefs are significantly related to adherence with health protocols in the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in the patient’s family.

scholarly journals Perceived Vulnerability and Severity Predict Adherence to COVID-19 Protection Measures: The Mediating Role of Instrumental Coping

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis González-Castro ◽  
Silvia Ubillos-Landa ◽  
Alicia Puente-Martínez ◽  
Marcela Gracia-Leiva
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Direct Exposure

The COVID-19 disease has caused thousands of deaths worldwide and required the rapid and drastic adoption of various protective measures as main resources in the fight to reduce the spread of the disease. In the present study we aimed to identify socio cognitive factors that may influence adherence to protective measures toward COVID-19 in a Spanish sample. This longitudinal study analyzes the predictive value of perceived severity and vulnerability of infection, self-efficacy, direct exposure to the virus, and instrumental focused coping style for adhering to infection protection behaviors during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also tests sex and age differences in these factors and changes over time. A two-wave longitudinal study (N = 757) was conducted in March and April 2020 starting the day after a strict national lockdown was decreed in Spain. A path analysis was used to test direct and indirect effects between vulnerability and the adherence to protective behaviors. Results suggest that individuals' perceived severity and vulnerability to COVID-19 and instrumental coping strategies are related to the use of more protective behaviors. This coping strategy mediates the effect of perceived vulnerability on engaging in protective behaviors, and this effect depends on direct exposure to COVID-19 and perceived self-efficacy moderators. Results suggest that recognizing one's own abilities to engage in instrumental actions may facilitate adherence to protective measures in people who had not been directly exposed to COVID-19. Therefore, adopting instrumental coping strategies to manage an individual's perceived vulnerability to infection may positively impact the adherence to protective behaviors, especially during the onset of an unexpected threat and when there is no prior direct experience with the situation.

scholarly journals Communication Factors Affecting Tourist Adoption of Social Network Sites

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Ta Bruce Ho ◽  
Nathatenee Gebsombut
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Source Credibility ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Relationship Maintenance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
New Findings ◽  
The Relationship

Smart tourism technologies (STTs) are technological media that tourists apply in various stages of the tourism decision-making process. The purpose of this study was to explore how the communication elements of social network sites (SNSs), as a part of STTs, enhance tourists’ motivation and usage intention. A structural framework based on communication elements and the uses and gratification theory with regard to SNSs usage was developed and investigated. An online survey was employed for the data collection, and structural equation modeling was used in the hypotheses analysis. The findings indicated that Internet self-efficacy, information quality, and systems quality trigger the information-seeking motive while service quality and source credibility positively determine the relationship maintenance motive. The information-seeking motive, entertainment motive, relationship maintenance motive, and Internet self-efficacy positively influence the intention to use SNSs for trips. New findings were found in terms of the relationship between the motives. The information-seeking motive and relationship maintenance motive influence the entertainment motive. Moreover, the relationship maintenance motive influences the information-seeking motive.

scholarly journals Sharenting, Peer Influence, and Privacy Concerns: A Study on the Instagram-Sharing Behaviors of Parents in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 205630512097837
Author(s):  
Giulia Ranzini ◽  
Gemma E. Newlands ◽  
Christoph Lutz
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Additional Income

Parental sharing of child-related content on social network sites, termed “sharenting,” is often the target of criticism. Yet, through sharenting, parents can find support systems, a way to stay in touch with relevant others, and even an opportunity for additional income. This study contributes to knowledge on antecedents of sharenting. It explores the impact of parents’ privacy concerns on the sharing of child-related content, as well as on their general Instagram sharing. In this study, we differentiate between general and situational privacy. Moreover, we investigate whether parents’ privacy self-efficacy and the support of their peers influence parental sharing practices. Drawing on a rich body of literature on privacy and information sharing, we discuss the results of an online survey distributed among 320 Instagram users who are parents of children younger than 13 and reside in the United Kingdom. We find that parents’ privacy concerns are uncorrelated to sharenting and only situational concerns marginally correlate to parents’ general sharing. Parents’ reported privacy self-efficacy also did not play a role in parents’ sharing of either personal or children-related content. On the contrary, both Instagram sharing and having a network supportive of parental sharenting positively predict sharenting. Our results indicate that (a) neither situational nor general privacy concerns influence parents’ sharenting behavior, and (b) a parent’s supportive network and frequent sharing habits make frequent sharenting more likely.

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