Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits
People have been using Social Network Sites (SNS) to communicate and make friends through online. Although SNS offer many benefits to the users, information privacy seemed to be overlooked. Based on iire protection motivation theory' this study investigated the factors that might influence yo...
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| author | Salleh, Norsaremah Hussein, Ramlah Mohamed, Norshidah Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Aditiawarman, Umar |
| author_facet | Salleh, Norsaremah Hussein, Ramlah Mohamed, Norshidah Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Aditiawarman, Umar |
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| description | People have been using Social Network Sites (SNS) to communicate and make friends through online. Although SNS
offer many benefits to the users, information privacy seemed to be overlooked. Based on iire protection motivation
theory' this study investigated the factors that might influence youth to disclose information about themselves on the SNS. Using university students as sample, we found that perceived vulnerability, benefits and self efficacy are
significantly related to information disclosure. |
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| spelling | iium-275312012-12-20T06:20:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27531/ Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits Salleh, Norsaremah Hussein, Ramlah Mohamed, Norshidah Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Aditiawarman, Umar Q Science (General) People have been using Social Network Sites (SNS) to communicate and make friends through online. Although SNS offer many benefits to the users, information privacy seemed to be overlooked. Based on iire protection motivation theory' this study investigated the factors that might influence youth to disclose information about themselves on the SNS. Using university students as sample, we found that perceived vulnerability, benefits and self efficacy are significantly related to information disclosure. 2012-03-10 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27531/1/Salleh_et_al_%282012%29_IADIS.pdf Salleh, Norsaremah and Hussein, Ramlah and Mohamed, Norshidah and Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza and Ahlan, Abdul Rahman and Aditiawarman, Umar (2012) Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits. In: IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2012, 10-12 March 2012, Berlin, Germany. http://www.iadis.org/is2012/ |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) Salleh, Norsaremah Hussein, Ramlah Mohamed, Norshidah Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Aditiawarman, Umar Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| title | Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| title_full | Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| title_fullStr | Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| title_short | Social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| title_sort | social network sites: information disclosure, perceived vulnerability, privacy concerns and perceived benefits |
| topic | Q Science (General) |
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