An Extended Privacy Calculus Model for SNSs: Analyzing Self-Disclosure and Self-Withdrawal in a Representative U.S. Sample

Privacy cynicism: A new approach to the privacy paradox

“…Given that the concept of privacy cynicism as developed in this paper focuses on institutional privacy threats, it would be worthwhile to explore its salience and effects in different use contexts, for example by comparing services such as e-commerce, online search, SNS etc. In the SNS context, in particular, taking privacy cynicism into consideration could offer interesting insights into the type and amount of self-disclosure users decide to engage in given various levels of cynicism (Dienlin & Metzger, 2016). Future research should also examine the relationship between privacy skills or self-efficacy and cynicism.…”

“…After all, a lack of Internet skills or literacy would render extensive protection behavior too cumbersome, but at the same time would also increase the subjective risk associated with online transactions -and thereby aggravate privacy concerns. Interestingly, a recent study by Dienlin and Metzger (2016) reveals that Facebook self-efficacy is associated with higher self-withdrawal from the platform. Thereby, high-skilled users react to privacy concerns by applying avoidance strategies.…”

Privacy in the Sharing Economy

“…This perspective suggests that users may be weighing their privacy concerns against other motivations, such as impression management (Utz & Krämer, 2009) or convenience (Sun, Wang, Shen, & Zhang, 2015). When privacy risks are too pressing to be offset by perceived benefits, users limit their selfdisclosure or engage in self-withdrawing behavior (Dienlin & Metzger, 2016).…”

How self-disclosure in Twitter profiles relate to anonymity consciousness and usage objectives: a cross-cultural study

“…Consistently, concerns for privacy on social media were found to have negative impact on self-disclosure for general U.S. people [30], Belgium people [119], Slovakia Facebook users [91], Chinese microblog users [75], and Turkey people [117]. According to [114] investigating privacy attitudes of people for 5 years from 2010 to 2015, concerns for privacy threats have been getting higher gradually as years go by.…”

“…Self-disclosure on social media is defined by either actual behaviors [2,4,8,21,29,74,119,120] or willingness (or attitudes) [30,66,75,91,114,117] of providing personal information. Consistently, concerns for privacy on social media were found to have negative impact on self-disclosure for general U.S. people [30], Belgium people [119], Slovakia Facebook users [91], Chinese microblog users [75], and Turkey people [117].…”