Do Identity and Location Data Interrelate? New Affiliations and Privacy Concerns in Social-Driven Sharing

Vgena, Katerina; Kitsiou, Angeliki; Kalloniatis, Christos; Kavroudakis, Dimitris

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27813-7_1

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“…This could be because the consequences of social media missteps that inform one's perceived identity may last 'forever'. Considering the repercussion for both personal and professional lives (safety in many cases) for not towing the line of acceptable mainstream opinion (Subaramanium, 2017), or even sharing one's location (Vgena et al, 2019), it is no surprise that such conscious identity regulation takes place. As one of the interviews suggested, even a picture of a woman drinking on social media could have a considerable impact on her reputation-both professional and personal.…”

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Regulating professional identities in the epoch of social media: exploring the process of identity creation for IT workers in India

Gonibeed

Saqib

2022

ITP

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PurposeThe paper aims to explore the process of identity regulation and identity creation on social media for employees in the IT sector of India and how this process is different for men and women.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on the thematic analysis of in-depth interviews of 31 IT professionals.FindingsThe authors find that identity regulation and identity creation is a complex process when it is mediated on social media as cues and guidelines for professionals are ambiguous. Enriching Ibarra's model of identity creation, the authors find that this process consists of five steps: (1) motivation to build a desirable self, (2) experimenting with identity boundaries, (3) failed identity experiences, (4) active self-regulation and (5) enacting inauthentic selves. The authors further find that this self-regulation for men is driven by the pressure to conform to the identity of an ideal “corporate man”, whereas for women it is driven by the need to conform to societal and cultural expectations.Practical implicationsSince identity regulation is a cognitively demanding process that affects both the productivity and well-being of employees, organisations can proactively help employees manage their social media presence through training and mentorship programmes.Originality/valueThe paper provides an enriched version of Ibarra's (1999) model on identity creation and regulation and highlights the role of gender in the process. The paper is practically relevant as it provides a window into how employees can feel the need to manifest inauthentic selves which is cognitively demanding.

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Regulating professional identities in the epoch of social media: exploring the process of identity creation for IT workers in India

Gonibeed

Saqib

2022

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“…The deconstructive theory and poststructuralist notions of bricolage are also part of users' activities and performances online [15]. This is the rationale that we are borrowing and implementing in our paper when talking about users' Faces and the way that users employ different Faces to perform under distinct social circumstances (Frame, Time, Stage) when complying with the respective social norms implied by the context [21,22]. Social norms are important notions of the states of privacy [23] because they are parallel to the notion of the reserve (the practice of mental distancing from close relationships when needed).…”

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confidence: 92%

Determining the Role of Social Identity Attributes to the Protection of Users’ Privacy in Social Media

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Drawing on digital identity theories, social software engineering theory (SSE), and the Privacy Safeguard (PriS) methodology, we examined the way that personal information uploaded on social media (SM) imposes privacy issues. Throughout a review on users’ self-representation on SM, we examined the impact of self-determination and self-disclosure on users’ privacy, and we identified the social attributes (SA) that cause privacy implications. This paper specifies 18 SA that users employ to achieve their optimal level of representation while summarizing possible ways that these attributes provoke users’ identification. In particular, our research has shown that SM users represent their personas by unveiling SA to construct popular, representative, and conversational profiles. As disclosing SA increases privacy implications, we intend to help users build profiles that respect their privacy. Examining users’ SA deepens our understanding of disclosing personal information on SM while leading to a better quantification of identity attributes; furthermore, users’ top five most revealing attributes were summarized. Considering that SSE addresses users’ privacy implications from an early stage of systems designing, our research, identifying the SA, will be helpful in addressing privacy from a socio-technical aspect, aiming at bridging the socio-technical gap by drawing designers’ attention to users’ social aspects.

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“…private and professional) (Subrahmanyam and Šmahel, 2011; Ramírez and Paluay, 2015). Vgena et al (2019) refers to the notion of “face,” derived from the Social Identity Theory, to explain how the individual exploits every “version” of the identity that he/she chooses to present. Thus, the term “identity” relates to the point of view that one has of himself/herself or the way in which the views of oneself are presented in various aspects of art and the media (Marwick, 2013).…”

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“…Within a social network communication context individuals voluntarily create a virtual presentation of themselves (Subrahmanyam and Šmahel, 2011; Fieseler et al , 2014; Vgena et al , 2019). SNS comprises of virtual collections of user profiles that are used to maintain ties and can be shared with other users.…”

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Forming digital identities in social networks: the role of privacy concerns and self-esteem

Papaioannou

Tsohou

Karyda

2021

ICS

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Purpose This paper aims to identify the data elements that social network sites (SNS) users consider important for shaping their digital identity and explore how users’ privacy concerns, self-esteem and the chosen SNS shape this process. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted an online survey with the participation of 759 individuals, to examine the influence of privacy concerns, self-esteem and the chosen SNS platform, on the shaping of the digital identity, through a classification of identity elements that users disclose when using a SNS, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and relevant constructs from the literature. Findings Findings reveal that users consider the name, gender, picture, interests and job as most important elements for shaping their digital identity. They also demonstrate that privacy concerns do not seem to affect the amount of information users choose to publish when shaping their digital identity. Specific characteristics of SNS platforms are found to affect the way that users shape their digital identity and their privacy behavior. Finally, self-esteem was found to affect privacy concerns and digital identity formation. Research limitations/implications To avoid a lengthy questionnaire and the risk of low participation, the respondents answered the questions for one SNS of their choice instead of answering the full questionnaire for each SNS that they use. The survey included the most popular SNSs at the time of the survey in terms of popularity. Practical implications The results contribute to the theory by furthering our knowledge on the elements that shape digital identity and by providing evidence with regard to the role of privacy and self-esteem within social networking. In practice, they can be useful for SNS providers, as well as for entities that design security and privacy awareness campaigns. Originality/value This paper identifies novel factors that influence digital identity formation, including the specific SNS used with its particular characteristics in combination with privacy concerns and self-esteem of the user.

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Do Identity and Location Data Interrelate? New Affiliations and Privacy Concerns in Social-Driven Sharing

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Regulating professional identities in the epoch of social media: exploring the process of identity creation for IT workers in India

Regulating professional identities in the epoch of social media: exploring the process of identity creation for IT workers in India

Determining the Role of Social Identity Attributes to the Protection of Users’ Privacy in Social Media

Forming digital identities in social networks: the role of privacy concerns and self-esteem

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