Prior negative experience of online disclosure, privacy concerns, and regulatory support in Chinese social media

Yang, Hongwei; Hui, Liu

doi:10.1080/17544750.2013.816756

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“…Further, consistent with e-commerce literatures (e.g. Fang et al, 2014) which indicate that regulatory effectiveness is the structural assurance implemented by social media platforms to eliminate the risk of inappropriate collection, use and dissemination of users' disclosed information (Yang and Liu, 2014). This study will examine the role of regulatory effectiveness in forming users' trust in institution through the institution-based trust building mechanism.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 64%

Understanding the trust building mechanisms in social media

Sun

Yan

Shen

et al. 2018

AJIM

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Purpose-Although the impacts of trust on information disclosure have been well recognized, the trust building mechanisms in social media are still underexplored. To fill this gap, the purpose of this paper is to explore two trust building mechanisms, namely, institution-based and transference-based trust building and identify how these two mechanisms vary across gender. Design/methodology/approach-An online survey was conducted to collect data. The partial least squares method was used to examine the relationships among regulatory effectiveness, three trusting perceptions and disclosure intention. A cross-group path coefficient comparison method was used to test gender differences. Findings-The results suggest that regulatory effectiveness affects competence-and character-based trust and these impacts are stronger for males than for females. Both competence-and character-based trust influence general trust in members while their impacts vary. Competence-based trust is more important for males while character-based trust is more important for females. Originality/value-This study contributes to social media literature by identifying the two trust building mechanisms with special attention to the role of regulatory effectiveness and trust transfer. Further, this study also sheds light on how these two mechanisms vary across gender.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 64%

Understanding the trust building mechanisms in social media

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Yan

Shen

et al. 2018

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“…At the end of the 20th century, the concept of online privacy officially entered Chinese public discourse when the Chinese government published a series of regulations to protect the security of computer information networks (Wu et al, 2011). Following Westin's (1967) conception of privacy, Yang and Liu (2013) conceived online privacy as "the legitimate claim of Chinese individuals, groups, or institutions to determine when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others on the Internet" (p. 43). Wu et al (2011) argue that information privacy has become a principle concern when digital technologies made personal information much easier to access and circulate.…”

Section: Online Privacy In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A control view of privacy, alternatively, considers that it is possible to define privacy clearly and for individuals to control most, if not all, information about them. From the perspectives of Wu et al (2011), as well as many other scholars (Hu & Gu, 2016;Stanaland & Lwin, 2013;Yang & Liu, 2013), for example, online privacy is algorithm based, related to different types of online personal data that can be accessed, collected, and used for certain motives. These researchers contend that the boundary between the private and the public can be clearly defined, which is "to seek the essence of privacy in abstraction, to debate a priori conditions for privacy, and to search for rigid conceptual boundaries at the expense of rich and embedded privacy practices" (E. J.…”

Section: Online Privacy In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Shameful Secrets and Self-Presentation: Negotiating Privacy Practices Among Youth and Rural Women in China

2020

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China, like the United States, has no defined concept of privacy in its Constitution and Chinese citizens have to work out how to negotiate their presence online, just as others elsewhere do. Online privacy in China has not received strong legislative protection compared with the U.S. and European countries as privacy has never written as an individual right in China’s Constitution, nor in the Civil Law. Chinese privacy perceptions and everyday privacy practices in social media have not been fully examined. This article presents an original, ethnographic study of how 26 Chinese youth, men and women, and 25 older rural women from Changsha, south-central China are negotiating what counts as privacy online in their everyday practices. It finds out that youth group in Changsha has a stronger understanding of the technical level of deployment of the social media technologies, enacting both positive and protective self-presentation instantiated by “human flesh search,” “public online privacy,” and “improved firewall.” However, the notion of shameful secrets touches on the protection of the reputation of those concerned, and social relationships play an important role in privacy boundary negotiation, common to both groups. This demonstrates that sociocultural contexts need to be taken into consideration and should be more nuancedly examined when studying online privacy and working out privacy protection methods.

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“…Previous work found that those with higher education levels were more likely to support anonymous Internet browsing (Madden and Rainie 2015), and those with lower education were less familiar with location privacy regulations (Kar, Crowsey, and Zale 2012). Age was another anticipated predictor; younger adults have been found more likely to support stricter, more protective definitions of location privacy (Kounadi, Bowers, and Leitner 2014), provide inaccurate information online (Madden and Rainie 2015), and use strategies to protect online privacy (Yang and Liu 2014). In some studies, sex was found not to influence privacy attitudes and behaviors, but Kar, Crowsey, and Zale (2012) found that women are more likely to deem it a privacy violation if a commercial firm takes pictures of one's home.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…A recent privacy infringement was expected to result in decreased trust and greater suspicion of data collection authorities, as well as stronger support for geoprivacy. For example, a previous negative experience in online information disclosure increases privacy concern and perceived risk in sharing on social media (Yang and Liu 2014). Likewise, employment in a data collection or data science industry was expected to result in heightened knowledge of geoprivacy issues and thus higher concern and greater personal location masking.…”

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confidence: 99%

Please Enter Your Home Location: Geoprivacy Attitudes and Personal Location Masking Strategies of Internet Users

Seidl

Jankowski

Clarke

et al. 2019

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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Location masking, or geomasking, is a practice typically undertaken by data stewards who wish to release a georeferenced data set without infringing on the privacy of those whose data are involved. With numerous opportunities to transmit our personal locations through electronic devices, individuals have the agency through masking to stem the flow of their location data or otherwise engage in obscuring their locations. Relatively little is known about the factors that influence individuals to protect their location privacy and the extent to which they do so. Joining a growing recognition of individual-level privacy efforts, this study examines the predictors of personal-level location masking and the relationships among geoprivacy-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Using a probability-based sample and an open online sample from California, this study finds that in situ personal masking behavior is consistent across demographic groups. A key attitude influencing whether or not participants choose to mask location is trust in Web sites to protect their personal data. Greater knowledge about how location data are transmitted and higher concern for privacy are positively correlated with masking behavior.

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Prior negative experience of online disclosure, privacy concerns, and regulatory support in Chinese social media

Cited by 18 publications

References 51 publications

Understanding the trust building mechanisms in social media

Understanding the trust building mechanisms in social media

Shameful Secrets and Self-Presentation: Negotiating Privacy Practices Among Youth and Rural Women in China

Please Enter Your Home Location: Geoprivacy Attitudes and Personal Location Masking Strategies of Internet Users

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