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Internet Users' Privacy Concerns and Beliefs About Government Surveillance: An Exploratory Study of Differences Between Italy and the United States

Internet Users' Privacy Concerns and Beliefs About Government Surveillance: An Exploratory Study of Differences Between Italy and the United States

Tamara Dinev, Massimo Bellotto, Paul Hart, Vincenzo Russo, Ilaria Serra
Copyright: © 2006 |Volume: 14 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 37
ISSN: 1062-7375|EISSN: 1533-7995|ISSN: 1062-7375|EISBN13: 9781615201242|EISSN: 1533-7995|DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2006100103
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Dinev, Tamara, et al. "Internet Users' Privacy Concerns and Beliefs About Government Surveillance: An Exploratory Study of Differences Between Italy and the United States." JGIM vol.14, no.4 2006: pp.57-93. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2006100103

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Dinev, T., Bellotto, M., Hart, P., Russo, V., & Serra, I. (2006). Internet Users' Privacy Concerns and Beliefs About Government Surveillance: An Exploratory Study of Differences Between Italy and the United States. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 14(4), 57-93. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2006100103

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Dinev, Tamara, et al. "Internet Users' Privacy Concerns and Beliefs About Government Surveillance: An Exploratory Study of Differences Between Italy and the United States," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) 14, no.4: 57-93. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2006100103

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Abstract

The study examines differences in individual’s privacy concerns and beliefs about government surveillance in Italy and the United States. By incorporating aspects of multiple cultural theories, we argue that for both countries, the user’s decision to conduct e-commerce transactions on the Internet is influenced by privacy concerns, perceived need for government surveillance that would secure the Internet environment from fraud, crime and terrorism, and balancing concerns about government intrusion. An empirical model was tested using LISREL structural equation modeling and multigroup analysis. The results support the hypotheses with regard to direction and relative magnitude of the relationships. Italians exhibit lower Internet privacy concerns than individuals in the U.S., lower perceived need for government surveillance, and higher concerns about government intrusion. The relationships among the model constructs are also different across the two countries. Implications of the findings and directions for future work are discussed.

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