College Students' Perceptions of Inappropriate and Appropriate Facebook Disclosures

Roche, Taylor M.; Jenkins, Dusty D.; Aguerrevere, Luis E.; Kietlinski, Rebecca L.; Prichard, E. Alice

doi:10.24839/2164-8204.jn20.2.86

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“…Second, this unexpected finding may point to the importance of how behaviors are linguistically expressed online and how researchers frame studies of online interaction. Like some other research regarding the view of inappropriate posts (Bazarova, 2012;Roche et al, 2015), the two posts here are hypothetical in order to address specific aspects of drunken expression.…”

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“…First, again influenced by Wolfer's (2014) qualitative findings, this post made it clear that the person doing the post was not 21, so the behavior was illegal. Second based on Wolfer 2014and Hebden and colleagues' (2015) findings about references to vomiting and excessive drunkenness, it implied that the poster vomited, thereby possibly providing "too much information" (Roche, et al, 2015). This "high offense" (HO) post is:…”

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Disapproving But Invisible: College Student and Adult Views, Reasons, and Responses to On-Line Posts about Alcohol

Wolfer

2018

Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies

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Most research about alcohol on social media focuses on visible posts college students share, but not how others, including adults, view this information and what they do in response. An online survey of 572 students and 190 faculty/staff at a northeastern Pennsylvania university asked respondents to rate, explain, and react to two hypothetical Facebook posts about alcohol. One post was a bland statement of intoxication, while the other depicted the person as underage and mentioned vomiting. Findings reveal age similarities in the general views, reasons, and reactions to both posts. While more critical of the higher offense post, both students and adults felt that each post was generally inappropriate and their reasoning is similar. For the low offense post, respondents felt that it was socially unpopular and reflected poorly on the person; and, in the more offensive post, the illegal behavior was noted. However findings also reveal that both students and adults largely report that they would ignore or hide the post; therefore, the poster is not likely to see or be aware of the viewer's disapproval. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.

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Section: Introduction and Literature Reviewmentioning

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Disapproving But Invisible: College Student and Adult Views, Reasons, and Responses to On-Line Posts about Alcohol

Wolfer

2018

Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies

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“…In summary, this research contributes to the existing literature in a number of ways. First, this research is qualitative and respondent driven so it identified many themes of inappropriate Roche et al, 2015), but expanding the topics of these posts given the findings of this study. This can be followed with asking respondents whether they have actually seen any of the posts described.Second, future research might want to explore why people of different ages find these types of posts inappropriate.…”

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Age Differences in Online Communication: How College Students and Adults Compare in Their Perceptions of Offensive Facebook Posts

Wolfer

2017

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDI

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With the most recent US Presidential election, civility in online communication has resurfaced as a social issue. Asurvey of 409 college students and 190 faculty / staff at a liberal arts college in northeastern Pennsylvania used open-ended questions to identify the types of communicative posts people of different ages have seen and considered offensive on Facebook. Content analysis identified twenty unique themes of online inappropriateness, many of whichare similar across age groups but do not appear in previous research. Common top themes include racist comments, sex / nudity, political references, and offending visuals. Age differences emerge in the rankings of these four themes and in the identified fifth theme, which is "other social issues" among college students and foul language for adults. Findings also indicate that students were statistically more likely than adults to consider posts involving traditional social issues (racism, sexism, LGBT issues, and alcohol / drugs) or aggression to be offensive; and, adults were more likely to consider foul language or the discussion of politics or religion to be offensive. Symbolic interaction theory is used to link perceptions of offensive posts to judgments of others, and suggestions for further research are discussed.

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“…Wang et al's () findings support previous research aimed at identifying topics that SNS users consider to be inappropriate to post. Sexual content, alcohol consumption, political and religious beliefs, profanity, expression of negative emotion, personal issues, and negative posts about others are commonly endorsed as inappropriate topics to share on Facebook (Muscanell, Ewell, & Wingate, ; Roche, Jenkins, Aguerrevere, Kietlinski, & Prichard, ; Wolfer, ). Similarly, SNS users commonly report deciding against posting opinions, personal information, emotional disclosures, and political content (Sleeper et al, ; Vitak, ).…”

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Disconnect between intentions and outcomes: A comparison of regretted text and photo social networking site posts

Rash

Gainsbury

2019

Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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Many social networking site (SNS) users regret previous posts and post sensitive content despite the potential for negative consequences. Limited research has examined regret among SNS users, and it is unclear whether regret differs between text and graphic formats. An online survey of Australian SNS users (N = 995), compared regretted text to photo and video posts by examining demographic characteristics, psychological antecedents, post content, and consequences of posting. Feelings of regret were similar; however, regretted photo/video posts reported were related to a positive mood when posting, social motivations, and most frequently resulted in personal consequences (e.g., embarrassment). In comparison, regretted text posts were motivated by negative mood states and were more likely to result in social consequences. There might be a disconnection between what users hope to convey and how posts are perceived. SNS design that prompts users to consider the impacts of posts and to screen for offending content may reduce post regret. Interventions should encourage mindfulness of posting when upset and gaining self‐validation externally from SNS.

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College Students' Perceptions of Inappropriate and Appropriate Facebook Disclosures

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Disapproving But Invisible: College Student and Adult Views, Reasons, and Responses to On-Line Posts about Alcohol

Disapproving But Invisible: College Student and Adult Views, Reasons, and Responses to On-Line Posts about Alcohol

Age Differences in Online Communication: How College Students and Adults Compare in Their Perceptions of Offensive Facebook Posts

Disconnect between intentions and outcomes: A comparison of regretted text and photo social networking site posts

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