Teen online information disclosure: Empirical testing of a protection motivation and social capital model

Chen, Hongliang; Beaudoin, Christopher E.; Hong, Traci

doi:10.1002/asi.23567

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“…Consistent with prior studies, 48 , 63 , 64 college-going respondents of the current study reported high privacy concerns. College students actively use the Internet for information search, school assignments, and entertainment.…”

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Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students’ Facebook usage

Chen

2017

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This study investigates the factors predicting positive self-disclosure on social networking sites (SNSs). There is a formidable body of empirical research relating to online self-disclosure, but very few studies have assessed the antecedents of positive self-disclosure. To address this literature gap, the current study tests the effects of self-esteem, life satisfaction, social anxiety, privacy concerns, public self-consciousness (SC), and perceived collectivism on positive self-disclosure on SNSs. Data were collected online via Qualtrics in April 2013. Respondents were undergraduate students from the University of Connecticut. Using ordinary least squares regression, the current study found that self-esteem and perceived collectivism increased positive self-disclosure, life satisfaction, and privacy concerns decreased positive self-disclosure, and the effects of social anxiety and public SC were not significant.

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Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students’ Facebook usage

Chen

2017

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“…This finding is consistent with other research demonstrating that teenagers are usually attentive to both the costs and benefits of social media use, and attempt to strike the right balance based on their personal preferences [18,26,123].…”

Section: Privacy Attitudessupporting

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Privacy Attitudes and Behaviours of Autistic and Non-Autistic Teenagers on Social Networking Sites

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Researchers postulate that autistic teenagers are more vulnerable to privacy threats on social networking sites (SNS) than the general population. However, there are no studies comparing these users' privacy concerns and protective strategies online with those reported by non-autistic teenagers. Furthermore, researchers have yet to identify possible explanations for autistic teenagers' exceptional risk of online harms. To address these research gaps, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 autistic and 16 non-autistic teenagers assessing their privacy attitudes and behaviours on SNS, and factors affecting their privacy. We used videos demonstrating relevant SNS scenarios as prompts to engage participants in conversation. Our thematic analyses demonstrated that autistic participants were more averse to taking risks on SNS than non-autistic participants. Yet, several personal, social, contextual, and SNS design factors made autistic participants exceptionally vulnerable to cyberbullying and social exclusion online. We provide recommendations for making SNS safer and more inclusive for autistic teenagers.

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“…To frame such online privacy concerns, a growing body of research has relied on protection motivation theory (PMT; Chen, Beaudoin, & Hong, 2015;Moscardelli & Divine, 2007;Youn, 2005Youn, , 2009. PMT postulates that, before taking risk-reduction behaviors, people first cognitively assess a risk, then develop protection motivation, and, finally, undergo behavioral change (Rogers, 1975(Rogers, , 1983.…”

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Protecting Oneself Online

Chen

Beaudoin

Hong

2016

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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With a general basis in protection motivation theory, this study builds a three-stage model from online negative privacy experiences to online privacy protection motivation to online privacy protection behaviors. With 2013 survey data ( N = 528), a well-fitting structural equation model was tested, indicating general support for the model’s progression. There was support in only one instance, however, for the mediation role of online privacy protection motivation. In that case, awareness of online information disclosure mediated the effects of information stolen on contact management. The other protection motivation—online privacy concerns—had stronger effects on the four online privacy protection behaviors.

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Teen online information disclosure: Empirical testing of a protection motivation and social capital model

Cited by 30 publications

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Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students’ Facebook usage

Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students’ Facebook usage

Privacy Attitudes and Behaviours of Autistic and Non-Autistic Teenagers on Social Networking Sites

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Teen online information disclosure: Empirical testing of a protection motivation and social capital model

Cited by 30 publications

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Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students&rsquo; Facebook usage

Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students&rsquo; Facebook usage

Privacy Attitudes and Behaviours of Autistic and Non-Autistic Teenagers on Social Networking Sites

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Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students’ Facebook usage

Antecedents of positive self-disclosure online: an empirical study of US college students’ Facebook usage