Exploring Privacy Management on Facebook: Motivations and Perceived Consequences of Voluntary Disclosure

Waters, Susan; Ackerman, James D.

doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2011.01559.x

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“…In addition, researchers have put forward several other motivations for self-disclosure in SNS including low self-esteem (Forest & Wood, 2012), anonymity (Bonetti et al, 2010), narcissism (Mehdizadeh, 2010;Ryan & Xenos, 2011;Ong et al, 2011); to show off (Wang & Stefanone, 2013) and also because doing so is fun, enjoyable and entertaining or to store meaningful information or in order to keep up with trends (Waters & Ackerman, 2011). Selfdisclosure is also associated with the level of trust between communicators (Valenzuela et al, 2009).…”

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An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Towards Privacy in Social Media and the Threat of Blackmail: The Views of a Group of Saudi Women

Al‐Saggaf

2016

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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The Saudi Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or the Religious Police as it is commonly known in the west, has dealt with 1834 incidents of women being blackmailed by men in 2014 and of those 22% (N= 403) were initiated using Social Network Sites (SNS). In light of the reality about these crimes, this study asked the following questions: (1) Are Saudi women concerned about their privacy in SNS? (2) Are Saudi women worried about falling victim to blackmail in SNS? (3) Do Saudi women know how to change the privacy settings in SNS? (4) Are Saudi women comfortable with communicating across gender lines in SNS? To address these questions, qualitative interviews with 16 women who used Facebook regularly and a focus group discussion with another group of 10 Saudi female students were conducted. The findings of the study show that the Saudi women interviewed appeared concerned about their privacy in Facebook, worried about falling victim to blackmail, knew how to change the privacy settings and are not comfortable with communicating across gender lines. This suggests that the participants in this study are not the likely victims of blackmail crimes. Further research is needed to understand the profile of the victims of blackmail and the root cause of these crimes.

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An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Towards Privacy in Social Media and the Threat of Blackmail: The Views of a Group of Saudi Women

Al‐Saggaf

2016

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Selfdisclosure behaviour in social networks also has its own risks. In this sense, Facebook offers the power of control by adding features, such as limiting the visibility of their profile information and other shared contents, or allowing certain people to view that information (Waters and Ackerman, 2011).…”

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Self-Disclosure in Virtual Environment: Facebook

Eginli¹,

Özşenler²

2016

IJASOS

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Facebook is still the most popular social media tool among all types of social networks. Besides having an influence on managing online relationships, Facebook may also be determinative of people"s relationships and interactions in their daily lives. Self-disclosure underpins the establishment and maintenance of interpersonal communication. Social networks, especially Facebook, allow people to comfortably selfdisclose. The Uses and Gratifications Theory, which focuses on motives and gains related to the use of media, suggests that the use of social networks also motivates people in terms of meeting some of their social and psychological needs. In this sense, the most important motive may be described as selfdisclosure. With its various spaces, Facebook allows people to share their emotions and thoughts about themselves and other people, and this gives them a sense of gratification by creating a real relationship perception in everyday life. As a result of self-disclosure behaviour, various needs, such as information sharing, entertainment, relaxation and social interactions, are satisfied through virtual environment. According to Social Information Theory, the rate of sharing personal information on social networks may be similar to/more than their everyday face-to-face interactions. This study analyzes different methods and ways of self-disclosure through Facebook. With this purpose in mind, the researchers aim to reveal the selfdisclosure behaviours through the profiles of their Facebook friends based on pre-designated codes by utilizing qualitative content analysis method.

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“…It has long been observed that the experience of being online results in a change of behaviour (Suler 2004). Young people are, more than ever, acutely aware of their SN profiles as their own "shop windows", sometimes called "Brand You", with the best possible display being crucial for social success (Livingstone 2008, Waters andAckerman 2011). Selfpresentation is a major part of SNS use, and is also a major concern for many adolescent girls.…”

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Twitter City and Facebook Village: teenage girls' personas and experiences influenced by choice architecture in social networking sites

Binns

2014

Journal of Media Practice

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Exploring Privacy Management on Facebook: Motivations and Perceived Consequences of Voluntary Disclosure

Cited by 166 publications

References 15 publications

An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Towards Privacy in Social Media and the Threat of Blackmail: The Views of a Group of Saudi Women

An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Towards Privacy in Social Media and the Threat of Blackmail: The Views of a Group of Saudi Women

Self-Disclosure in Virtual Environment: Facebook

Twitter City and Facebook Village: teenage girls' personas and experiences influenced by choice architecture in social networking sites

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