Understanding the privacy behavior of adolescents on Facebook: The role of peers, popularity and trust

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Highlights:

• We study the observed privacy settings of adolescents on Facebook.

• A combination of survey data and unobtrusive data obtained from Facebook is analyzed.

• We hypothesize about effects of peer influence, popularity and generalized trust.

• Popularity and classmates privacy settings are related to Facebook privacy.

• Low trust groups more often opt for private Facebook profiles.

摘要

•We study the observed privacy settings of adolescents on Facebook.•A combination of survey data and unobtrusive data obtained from Facebook is analyzed.•We hypothesize about effects of peer influence, popularity and generalized trust.•Popularity and classmates privacy settings are related to Facebook privacy.•Low trust groups more often opt for private Facebook profiles.

论文关键词:Privacy,Social networking sites,Facebook,Adolescents,Trust,Popularity

论文评审过程:Received 11 January 2016, Revised 23 February 2016, Accepted 24 February 2016, Available online 10 March 2016, Version of Record 10 March 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.091